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Matthew Comments: I remember the TV programme of this being pretty scary…
Published 1976

(Average: 6.33 out of 10)

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Tagged with: evil • evil children • Harry Willock • John Wyndham • Penguin Science Fiction

19 Responses to “Chocky”

1. THX 1138 Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 9:47 am

   Is this a textbook “negative reaction”?

2. bincat23 Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 9:56 am

   bang!

3. SI Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 10:19 am

   The inclusion of psychic powers into Grange Hill would have been this epic!

4. Smith Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 11:20 am

   Back, and to the left…

5. Phil Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 12:17 pm

   Nurofen.

6. Tom Noir Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 12:31 pm

   Little known fact: kids in ugly jumpers get great TV reception.

7. fred Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 6:12 pm

   I wonder if Wyndham has his full name on his gravestone. John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris.

8. A.R.Yngve Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 7:28 pm

   I’ll defend this cover. It relates to the content, it’s artful without being overdone, and it’s creepy (which the story also is).

   It wouldn’t be half as creepy in a “positive” version…

9. Jami Says:
   October 3rd, 2011 at 11:14 pm

   When I saw the thumbprint version I honestly thought this would be one of those books that does a whole take on the Anti-Christ/Messiah thing. Not an alien scout thing.

10. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    October 4th, 2011 at 1:45 am

    @A. R. Yngve: yes, but is the flavour authentic?

11. Adam Roberts Says:
    October 4th, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    The Golden Shot was a great show. Until they started killing children on it, that is.

12. Phil Says:
    October 4th, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    Bernie, the bolt!

13. Espedair Says:
    October 5th, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    This is pretty scary but I prefer the same series cover for The Outward Urge. This features an astronaut wielding a strange bullhorn!

14. Anti-Sceptic Says:
    October 18th, 2011 at 6:05 pm

    That kid needs some serious teeth-whitener!

15. Tam Fu Wing Says:
    October 19th, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Ready! Aim! Fire!

16. Hex Says:
    October 27th, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    I’m with A.R. Yngve here. All the Penguin Wyndhams were done by the same artist in a similar restrained, modernist style. They’re very good.

17. Dead Stuff With Big Teeth Says:
    August 23rd, 2013 at 2:34 pm

    @Tag Wizard: Sweaterworld?

18. The Tag Wizard Says:
    August 23rd, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    @Stuff, better than obsessing over weird pecs though, right?

    Seems to me that we lack a bullseye tag, too. Sproing!

19. anon Says:
    September 7th, 2015 at 10:16 am

    Chocky John Wyndham: “I’m not the person you’re looking for. You will chase the penguin in the orange bubble.“

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