Plan for Chaos

Edited by David Ketterer and Andy Sawyer.

Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of John Wyndham's death, Plan for Chaos is a first-time published work from this canonical author, whose previous novels articularly The Day of the Triffids (in print continuously since 1951) and The Midwich Cuckoos continue to sell widely through mass-market publishing houses. Secondly, and perhaps more significantly, this novel about cloned Nazis was written concurrently with The Day of the Triffids, making it a fascinating companion to the author's most famous work.

Wyndham continues to have a significant influence on the direction of SF writing. British authors J. G. Ballard and Christopher Priest, Canadian author Margaret Atwood, and US author Stephen King are all admirers who have been influenced by his work. Indeed, King, in Dance Macabre, describes Wyndham as "perhaps the best writer of science fiction England [and Wales] has ever produced." Wyndham himself is considered the direct successor to another canonical writer, H. G. Wells.

The publication of David Ketterer's authoritative biography, Trouble with Triffids, and the 40th anniversary of the novelist's death are likely to stimulate considerable interest in the work of John Wyndham, andPlan for Chaos offers reviewers and feature writers a new angle on this major writer.