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Little does he realise that his own son, and his son's cousin Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret abberation which would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders.  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From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels. During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called 'logical fantasy'. As John Wyndham he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Triffids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kraken Wakes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Chrysalids\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Midwich Cuckoos\u003c\/i\u003e (filmed as \u003ci\u003eVillage of the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Seeds of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrouble with Lichen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outward Urge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConsider Her Ways and Others\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeb\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChocky\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day of the Triffids\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Wyndham was born in 1903. After a wide experience of the English preparatory school he was at Bedales from 1918 to 1921. Careers which he tried included farming, law, commercial art, and advertising, and he first started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. During the war he was in the Civil Service and afterwards in the Army. 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