Tag: Crysalids

  • Dystopian Fiction – Writers’ Workshop

    Dystopian Fiction – Writers’ Workshop

    In The Crysalids, John Wyndham created a fictional world that expressed the contemporary anxiety about the nuclear threat posed by the Cold War arms race. Told from the point of view of a naive narrator, David, The Crysalids explores the post-apocalyptic landscape of strict religion, civil conflict and extraordinary genetic mutation. This task supports students…