Plan for Chaos: 38 (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies) - Hardcover

9781846311796: Plan for Chaos: 38 (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies)
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Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of John Wyndham's death, Plan for Chaos is a first-time published work from this canonical author, whose previous novels articularly The Day of the Triffids (in print continuously since 1951) and The Midwich Cuckoos continue to sell widely through mass-market publishing houses. Secondly, and perhaps more significantly, this novel about cloned Nazis was written concurrently with The Day of the Triffids, making it a fascinating companion to the author's most famous work. Wyndham continues to have a significant influence on the direction of SF writing. British authors J. G. Ballard and Christopher Priest, Canadian author Margaret Atwood, and US author Stephen King are all admirers who have been influenced by his work. Indeed, King, in Dance Macabre, describes Wyndham as 'perhaps the best writer of science fiction England [and Wales] has ever produced.' Wyndham himself is considered the direct successor to another canonical writer, H. G. Wells. The publication of David Ketterer s authoritative biography, Trouble with Triffids, and the 40th anniversary of the novelist's death are likely to stimulate considerable interest in the work of John Wyndham, and Plan for Chaos offers reviewers and feature writers a new angle on this major writer.

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Plan for Chaos is a proto-airport thriller that will certainly keep you turning the pages right to the end. * BBC Focus Magazine * As a never before published novel by John Wyndham, A Plan for Chaos, goes on sale Bidisha talks to science fiction writer China Mieville and Wyndham's biographer David Ketterer about how the book foreshadows one of his most popular works, Day of the Friffids and is a peculiarly nineteen-fifities look at the Nazis. Plan for Chaos by John Wyndham is published by Liverpool University Press on 15th May. * BBC Radio 3, Night Waves *
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John Wyndham was the best known pen name of the British science fiction writer John (Wyndham Parkes Lucas) Beynon Harris. His novels include The Day of the Triffids (to appear as a new BBC television adaptation in 2009), The Kraken. Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos and Chocky, all of which have been adapted for film and television. David Ketterer is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Concordia University, author of numerous books, including New Worlds for Old; The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature (1974), The Rationale of Deception in Poe (1979), Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (1992), and Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish (1987). His authorised biography of Wyndham is due to be published in 2009. Andy Sawyer is Special Collections Librarian for Science Fiction at the University of Liverpool and co-editor of Speaking Science Fiction: Dialogues and Interpretations (Liverpool University Press, 2000).

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