The Chrysalids
| Title | The Chrysalids |
| Year for Search | 1955 |
| Authors | [Harris], [John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon](1903-69) |
| Tertiary Authors | Wyndham, John [pseud.] |
| Date Published | 1955 |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Post-nuclear war future. Religious dystopia set in Canada (Labrador). Emphasis on the traditional physical form of human beings. All plants and animals that mutate are killed. Mutant humans are killed or sterilized. Telepathic mutants develop and are discovered by a telepathic eutopian civilization that has developed in New Zealand. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: New York Review of Books, 2008 with an “Introduction” (vii-xiii) by Christopher Priest. Some differences between editions. U.S. ed. as Re-Birth. By John Wyndham [pseud.]. New York: Ballantine, 1955. Rpt. as “Re-Birth.” In A Treasury of Great Science Fiction. 2 vols. Ed. Anthony Boucher (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959), 1: 9-35. |
| Info Notes | See also The Chrysalids. Adapted by David Harrower from the Novel by John Wyndham. London: Faber and Faber, 2001, a play version for young adults; a shorter version was first published in New Connections: New Plays for Young People (London: Faber & Faber, 1997), 59-106 with an interview with the playwright and production notes (106-13). |
| Title Note | U.S. ed. as Re-Birth. New York: Ballantine, 1955. |
| Pseudonym | John Wyndham [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | L, OU, PSt |
| Author Note | (1903-69) |
| Full Text | 1955 [Harris, John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon] (1903-69). The Chrysalids. By John Wyndham [pseud.]. London: Michael Joseph. Rpt. New York: New York Review of Books, 2008 with an “Introduction” (vii-xiii) by Christopher Priest. Some differences between editions. U.S. ed. as Re-Birth. By John Wyndham [pseud.]. New York: Ballantine, 1955. Rpt. as “Re-Birth.” In A Treasury of Great Science Fiction. 2 vols. Ed. Anthony Boucher (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1959), 1: 9-35. See also The Chrysalids. Adapted by David Harrower from the Novel by John Wyndham. London: Faber and Faber, 2001, a play version for young adults; a shorter version was first published in New Connections: New Plays for Young People (London: Faber & Faber, 1997), 59-106 with an interview with the playwright and production notes (106-13). L, OU, PSt Post-nuclear war future. Religious dystopia set in Canada (Labrador). Emphasis on the traditional physical form of human beings. All plants and animals that mutate are killed. Mutant humans are killed or sterilized. Telepathic mutants develop and are discovered by a telepathic eutopian civilization that has developed in New Zealand. |
