John Wyndham... amazing writer
Oct. 1st, 2012 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miriam_eI bought that copy of John Wyndham's Trouble with Lichen. After removing the locks from it and converting it to a much easier-to-read format I've been reading it each night before bed.
I think this is my third or fourth reading of Trouble with Lichen since I first read it as a kid. Each time I love it more. What a superb writer he was! In many ways I think this book was his best. His portrayal of women was always very strong -- excellent in this one.
I can't help wondering how many more masterpieces he might have given us if he hadn't died at the comparatively young age of 65. I seem to recall he succumbed to lung cancer as a result of smoking tobacco for much of his life, but I can't find a reference to that on the net and I can't remember where I read it.
I think this is my third or fourth reading of Trouble with Lichen since I first read it as a kid. Each time I love it more. What a superb writer he was! In many ways I think this book was his best. His portrayal of women was always very strong -- excellent in this one.
I can't help wondering how many more masterpieces he might have given us if he hadn't died at the comparatively young age of 65. I seem to recall he succumbed to lung cancer as a result of smoking tobacco for much of his life, but I can't find a reference to that on the net and I can't remember where I read it.