Raven Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 I've just seen that Mike Newell (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) has signed on to direct a big screen version of this. Following the recent BBC version, I'm not holding my breath . . . Quote
Janet Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 The Crysalids? I must get round to reading that. Quote
Raven Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 The Crysalids? I must get round to reading that. Doh! No, sorry, The Day of the Triffids (I thought I was posting in a Day of the Triffids thread!). Quote
dex Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 I've ordered most of these and am looking forward to them Quote
pontalba Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 The Day of the Triffids was the first of Wyndham's that I read, many years ago. I only recently read The Midwich Cuckoos and The Kraken Wakes, and loved them as well, although Triffids has to by my favorite. One day I'll get to the rest! Quote
Raven Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 The Day of the Triffids was the first of Wyndham's that I read, many years ago. I only recently read The Midwich Cuckoos and The Kraken Wakes, and loved them as well, although Triffids has to by my favorite. One day I'll get to the rest! The Trouble with Lichen is an interesting read. Lots of gender and social politics. Quote
pontalba Posted January 26, 2014 Posted January 26, 2014 The Trouble with Lichen is an interesting read. Lots of gender and social politics. Thanks, I've ordered both The Trouble with Lichen and Consider Her Ways. Quote
Janet Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Doh! No, sorry, The Day of the Triffids (I thought I was posting in a Day of the Triffids thread!). Thanks, Raven. I hated the BBC version and wish someone would do a decent version, so here's hoping. I've just ordered The Trouble with Lichen from Ebay (with Peter Lord cover that I'm collecting). I've enjoyed the three Wyndham's I've read so far very much. Quote
Karsa Orlong Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I've just ordered The Trouble with Lichen from Ebay (with Peter Lord cover that I'm collecting). I've enjoyed the three Wyndham's I've read so far very much. Nice! Quote
Raven Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I've got a number of different copies of various Wyndham books, including some Penguin first edition paperback versions, but I'm not sure I have any Peter Lord covers. My favourites are the 80/90's covers by Mark Salwowski. Quote
ian Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 Fair comment, although it does look a little dated these days. There again do I really want to see Johnny Depp playing Bill Masen? No - I'll stay with the book. Johnny Depp would almost certainly mean Tim Burton directing, which could be........interesting. Not necessarily good, but interesting! And as long as it isn't Tom Cruise........ Quote
Raven Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 It needs to be British, first and foremost in my mind, so hopefully that would exclude Tom Cruise. Quote
pontalba Posted January 31, 2014 Posted January 31, 2014 It needs to be British, first and foremost in my mind, so hopefully that would exclude Tom Cruise. From your mouth to God's ear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
Raven Posted February 1, 2014 Posted February 1, 2014 ^ It didn't happen with War of the Worlds though, so there is a precedent . . . Quote
dex Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 I read The Kraken Wakes and I felt, that The War of The Worlds told a more compelling story. Quote
Kreader Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 The Chrysalids is my favourite too I enjoyed this one too. Quote
Raven Posted February 21, 2014 Posted February 21, 2014 I read The Kraken Wakes and I felt, that The War of The Worlds told a more compelling story. It is a better plotted novel that has the benefit of an actual resolution, but the movie adaptations are still lacking (although I do really enjoy the 50s version). Quote
Raven Posted June 7, 2018 Posted June 7, 2018 Well, I've been putting it off for years, as there is no new content out there to read* but I finally started The Chrysalids this week. I'm now nearly half way through, having done most of that in one sitting, and I don't want this book to end - I've not enjoyed a book this much for ages! *Well, there is some, but it is not supposed to be that great! Quote
bobblybear Posted July 20, 2018 Posted July 20, 2018 I bought this the other day - only £0.99 on Kindle. Glad you are enjoying it...it's fairly short from what I recall (< 100 pages?). Quote
Raven Posted November 30, 2018 Posted November 30, 2018 On 20/07/2018 at 3:08 PM, bobblybear said: I bought this the other day - only £0.99 on Kindle. Glad you are enjoying it...it's fairly short from what I recall (< 100 pages?). Only just seen this, I blame that on the whole - thankfully - aborted forum closure! I think the paperback is closer to 200 pages, but by today's standards it is more of a draft excluder than a doorstop. I really enjoyed this, some very interesting ideas, but I felt the ending was a little light-weight. Must do a complete read through of Wyndham's books. Something for 2019, perhaps! Quote
~Andrea~ Posted December 2, 2018 Posted December 2, 2018 We did the chrysalids in school. I remember really enjoying it but don't remember if we read the whole thing or just bits of it. I ought to give it a re-read I think. Quote
bobblybear Posted December 24, 2018 Posted December 24, 2018 On 11/30/2018 at 7:28 PM, Raven said: I think the paperback is closer to 200 pages, but by today's standards it is more of a draft excluder than a doorstop. It's definitely longer than the 100 pages I mentioned above, even though that's what Amazon says it is. I can remember wondering why it was taking me so long to finish if it was only a hundred pages. Quote
Raven Posted August 14, 2020 Posted August 14, 2020 *gasp* Really surprised someone has gone to the length of remastering this, given the BBC seem to put very little out on Blu-ray, but I'm not complaining! If anyone hasn't seen it, this is by far the best adaptation of Triffids anyone has done. Release date Monday 7th September. Quote
Madeleine Posted August 19, 2020 Posted August 19, 2020 As long as it's not the one from a few years ago, which was dreadful. Quote
Raven Posted August 20, 2020 Posted August 20, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 11:24 AM, Madeleine said: As long as it's not the one from a few years ago, which was dreadful. Oh God no! Why would you even think I would promote that?! OFFENSE TAKEN! (Just kidding!) Quote
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