OFF: Chrysalids

[Paul Mather]

On Apr 28, 2009, at 12:45 PM, M Holmes wrote:

> Christian Mumford writes:
>
>> Seems like a powerful story. Here is the Wikipedia plot summary:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chrysalids
>
> It is and having read it was one of the delights of my childhood.  For
> my English Higher (an exam taken at age 17) I studied the stories of
> Verne, Wells and Wyndham (having been inspired by The Chrysalids)  
> rather
> than the novels on the curriculum (Tale of Two Cities and similar).

The Chrysalids was one of the novels on the syllabus when I took my  
G.C.E. in English Literature.  (That's dating me.:)  I don't remember  
the other ones, but I remember that one.  I really enjoyed the book.

Cheers,

Paul.