The midwich cuckoos - john wyndham

A genre-defining tale of first contact by one of the twentieth centurys most brilliant--and neglected--science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.

In my opinion, [John] Wyndhams chef doeuvre .

a graphic metaphor for the fear of unwanted pregnancies .

I myself had a dream about a highly intelligent nonhuman baby after reading this book.

--Margaret Atwood , Slate What if the women of a sleepy English village all became simultaneously pregnant, and the children, once born, possessed supernatural--and possibly alien--powers? A mysterious silver object appears in quiet, picture-perfect Midwich.

A day later, the object is gone--and all the women in the village, they will come to learn, are now pregnant.

The resultant children of Midwich are shockingly, frighteningly other .

Faced with these unfathomable and potentially unstoppable children, the question arises: What will humanity do when faced with the threat of the unknown?.