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15 Feb, 12 tweets, 4 min read
Shall we do a few John Wyndham covers today?

I think we should...
"There is a good service on all London Underground lines..."

Jizzle, by John Wyndham. NEL, 1973.
Triffids! With ears and noses!!

L'Orrenda Invasione by John Wyndham. I Romanzi Di Urania no 3, Nov 1952. Cover by Kurt Caesar
Hairy psychopathic pineapples! The Day Of The Triffids, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1963. Cover by John Griffiths.
The Outward Urge, by John Wyndham and Lucas Parkes (aka John Wyndham). Penguin Books, 1962. Cover by by John Griffiths.
Consider Her Ways And Others, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1979. Cover by Peter Lord.
The Midwich Cuckoos, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1960. Cover by Paul Hogarth.
Chocky, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1968. Cover by Harry Willock.
Web, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1980. Cover by Peter Lord.
Trouble With Lichen, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1970. Cover by Harry Willock.
The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham. Penguin Books, 1979. Cover by Peter Lord.
More from John Wyndham another time. He really was given some shocking book covers over the years...

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