Folio Society – THE WYNDHAM COLLECTION [3Volume Set]: The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos and The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

John Wyndham created some of the most intriguing and intelligent science fiction of the 20th century, and this special collection brings together three of his best works. His gripping stories show ordinary, sometimes heroic people reacting to unsettling or disastrous events that call into question the very nature of human society. With Wyndham’s writing, science fiction becomes an instrument to force us to look at our own world with fresh eyes and to examine our comfortable assumptions, from human superiority to the permanence of civilisation. These striking Folio editions feature superb illustrations by Patrick Leger and three unnerving binding designs, presented together in a blocked slipcase. Each novel is separately introduced by science-fiction writer Adam Roberts, who praises Wyndham’s books as some of the most perceptive and potently memorable fictions of the century.

In the iconic The Day of the Triffids, strange green meteors turn every human who sees them blind, and the monstrous man-made plants known as ‘triffids’ see a chance to destroy their overlords. The Midwich Cuckoos introduces us to a sleepy village where every woman of childbearing age suddenly finds herself pregnant, and their eerie progeny are born with blond hair, golden eyes and sinister powers of telepathy. In the post-apocalyptic future of The Chrysalids, the farming community of Waknuk is ruled by puritan fundamentalists who see any mutation as the work of the devil – but change cannot be kept at bay forever.

For this special three-volume set, Patrick Leger has provided seven exciting colour images for each novel. These impactful illustrations are full of a delicious retro atmosphere, yet Leger never shies away from the horrors implied in Wyndham’s writing; whether the menace is a vicious ambulatory plant, an eerie alien child or a mutant, there’s always the sense that the nature of humanity is ultimately responsible. Wyndham understood that the greatest purpose of science fiction was to examine humanity’s past, present and future, and he did it all while entertaining with thrills and horrors beyond imagining. An important collection from an essential writer.

DESCRIPTION: Illustrated by Patrick Leger. Introduced Adam Roberts. Quarter-bound in blocked cloth with printed paper sides. Set in Ehrhardt. Vol 1: (Day of the Triffids) 272 pp, Vol 2: (Midwich Cuckoos) 224 pp, Vol 3: (The Chrysalids) 208 pp. 7 full page colour illustrations per volume. Slipcase blocked with black and metallic magenta. 9˝ x 5 ¼˝

CONDITION: Book is NEW and still in its Folio Society’s eco-friendly wrapper (see photos 14 to 17). However, please note the very small area of rubbing to the bottom left-hand corner of the front cover of The Chrysalids volume (see photos 2 & 3). Photos 1 to 17 are of the actual book that is listed. Whilst photos 18 to 21 are stock photos.

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