saltiel@cdstar.UUCP (Jack Saltiel) (08/15/85)
I have read all of Wyndham's Science Fiction(Day_of_the_Trifids, The_Chrysalids, etc.,) or all that I know exists. He is unusual in that genre, in that he write prose suburbly, (or did when he was alive.) He has also authored a number of detective novels that are all out of print. Can anyone identify these works and where I might find them in any condition??
boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN) (08/16/85)
> From: cdstar!saltiel > I have read all of Wyndham's Science Fiction(Day_of_the_Trifids, > The_Chrysalids, etc.,) or all that I know > exists. He is unusual in that genre, in that he write prose > suburbly, (or did when he was alive.) That's not as unusual as you might think, but I'll let it pass. > He has also authored a > number of detective novels that are all out of print. > Can anyone identify these works and where I might find them in > any condition?? Allen J. Hubin's CRIME FICTION, 1749-1980: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY (New York: Garland, 1984), which is without question the best such work in the mystery field, only lists one detective novel by John Wyndham (real name: John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris) --- FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED, under the by-line John Beynon. It was published by Newnes in 1935. Since Hubin is in the habit of listing both the first US *and* first UK edition of a book, it's unlikely that there was ever an American edition. Finding it might prove difficult in the US. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...} !decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA <"Bibliography is my business">