Driving back from a weekend in London, Richard and Janet Gayford are surprised to find the village of Midwich sealed off because of 'army manoeuvres'. There are no birds singing, the air seems thick and there is a strange sort of music in the air. It soon becomes clear that there is an invisible wall around the village, and everyone within the perimeter is unconscious. When the barrier lifts, the strange occurrence is put down to a gas leak. The villagers seem to have suffered no adverse effects from their 'day out' - ...
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Driving back from a weekend in London, Richard and Janet Gayford are surprised to find the village of Midwich sealed off because of 'army manoeuvres'. There are no birds singing, the air seems thick and there is a strange sort of music in the air. It soon becomes clear that there is an invisible wall around the village, and everyone within the perimeter is unconscious. When the barrier lifts, the strange occurrence is put down to a gas leak. The villagers seem to have suffered no adverse effects from their 'day out' - until, some months later, there is an epidemic of pregnancies among the women. All the babies are born on the same day, all have golden eyes - and they can all communicate with each other telepathically. As they grow older and their powers grow stronger, the people of Midwich begin to feel threatened...
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This is the book that became "Village of the Damned" in the movies. Written far more intelligently than the movies would have it seem--[even the 1960 version let alone than '94 version], this book starts out rather slow but is intrigueing, and thought provoking. Set in a small town in England the name "cuckoos" refers to the fact that cuckoo birds lay their eggs in other bird's nests--hence the title of a novel in which aliens have somehow impregnated all the women in this town of Midwich--regardless of age,or marital status. In some ways of course, it is dated--in today's time, for instance an unmarried pregnant woman would not even be noticed, let alone remarkable. Yet, even stranger is a woman who has never even been sexual with a man and is in a kind of dull shock finding herself pregnant.. But this is the mere "skin" of the novel--in actuality it seems an allegory for what began in the late 1930s, and ended up in WW2.--The idea of a perfect race of white blond more brilliant humans able to excell in ways unlike average people--but lacking something that makes us all human nonetheless. I recommend it historically,but I also recommend it to all who like to know the story behnd the story that is publiciized in modern watered down entertainment.
