Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Welcome to my review of John Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos - a 1957 novel about a visit from space that leaves all the women in an English village pregnant. The children grow up and demonstrate extraordinary powers but are they a threat to mankind?
Wyndham (The Chrysalids and The Day of the Triffids) was a major figure in the golden age of science fiction and achieved considerable success in the UK and the USA. The Midwich Cuckoos is a chilling sci-fi classic, how does it stand up 60 years after publication?

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:23 An Eggy plot
4:01 Eggstra Eggstra Read All About it
4:49 Eggstremely British Action
7:08 To Make an Omlette...
9:22 An English Breakfast
10:26 The Egg rack
10:50 Conclusion