![]() In' The Day of the Triffids, for example, the protagonist misses being part of a global blindness pandemic by virtue of being held up in hospital. Wyndham, on the other hand, looks very much towards not only the ordinary, but often the uninvolved. Our protagonist is so often the one that rails against whatever nightmarish situation is unfolding, the one who, for whatever reason, has the metier to triumph. Its interesting that in so many dystopian novels, or novels that contain dystopian elements, the protagonist is shunted forwards into the hero space. But for that we should both of us undoubtedly have been at home in Midwich on the night of the 26th-27th, with consequences which, I have never ceased to be thankful, she was spared. One of the luckiest accidents in my wifes life is that she happened to marry a man who was born on the 26th of September, begins John Wyndhams' The Midwich Cuckoos. If you're new here, why not subscribe to our email updates or follow us on Facebook? You can also add us to your Google Reader. ![]()
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