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by John Wyndham (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0718103769
  • ISBN-13: 978-0718103767
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant as always - but this one is slightly different..., 14 Dec 1998
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This review is from: Trouble with Lichen (Paperback)
Excellent, as always, John Wyndham takes a 'what if' scenario and follows it through, just to see what 'would' happen.

While still a gripping novel, this is not along the same lines as, for instance, 'Triffids'. The pace is more laid back, less intense, yet still keeps you glued to the pages from start to finish. I think that this is because Wyndham does not allow the potential horror to emerge in quite the same way as in some of his other books, rather he pats it back and forth, building tension and excitement - and reaches the climax which is... not quite what you expect.

Brilliant. Read it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Satire for the twentieth century (and the twenty first)..., 7 Feb 1999
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In all his books John Wyndham unleashed a satirical humour that was keen to poke fun at all those who, from fixed intellectual positions, would defend the indefensible. He had an accurate aim for the low tastes and high pieties of the tabloid press, and an inventive turn of speculation about which mess our ingenuity would get us into next. On the one hand, that invention could vent itself in high drama like Day Of The Triffids: here it is subtly concealed and revealed in a sequence of events that speak undoubtedly of an era, but which could just as easily fit the way we live today. And underneath it all there is an endless speculation. What if it were to happen, or what if it were already happening and we didn't know ? As usual, the ending is in keeping with the authors humanity and optimism about the future, and with our own hope that we might do the right thing, but Wyndham's greatest knack of all is his ability to do so without being preachy or didactic. If you haven't encountered him before, you ought to now.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not all advances are great at first..., 4 Jan 2001
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Is there a cure to aging? Francis Saxover seems to think so and so does Diana Brackley. When a tiny piece of lichen, which is being studied in a lab, is accidentally discovered surrounded by fresh milk in a saucer of sour milk, researcher and scientist Francis Saxover takes the sample and nothing more is heard. Diana Brackley does her own investigations and makes a major discovery - but is the world ready for it?

I've become a big fan of John Wyndham and as much as I enjoy his work, there's something that I can't put my finger on which almost stopped me carrying on with the book after about 50 pages (there are 204). Good thing I didn't as the story did start to warm up after then and the ending did justify the beginning 'slowness'.

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3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting book
An interesting book with great ideas. Not a book you can read quickly. Its length can be deceptive. It has worthy attributes even if it's my least favourite Wyndham book. Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2007 by Mr. C. M. Owen

4.0 out of 5 stars Undiscovered little gem
Not one of Wyndham's better known works, but this is a little gem, with some interesting things to say about scientific discoveries, their popularisation in the media and people's... Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2007 by John Hopper

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
After reading the Day Of The Triffids (also John Wyndham) this was almost definitely going to be a mild come down, but it did its best at the very least. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2007 by DB Dom

3.0 out of 5 stars Living longer in the past
Trouble with Lichen - John Wyndham

This story from the foresighted Mr Wyndham about longevity is not his best work and the pace is a bit slow. Read more
Published on 5 May 2006 by Ben Science

4.0 out of 5 stars Late, quaint and mannered
This late novel from Wyndham says far more about British Society in the late Nineteen Fifties than it does about its central premise – longevity. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2006 by Rod Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars the best wyndham
what I like about wyndham is the minimalist approach to s.f. He just takes one or two things out of the ordinary and uses this to create a story. Read more
Published on 8 April 2005 by Rh Zwart

2.0 out of 5 stars not as good as i'd hoped.
i went on a bit of a john wyndham binge recently, and out of the five or six books i bought, this was definately the only one that stood out against the rest as... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2003 by katykitty

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