Whitechapel - Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251232#Comment_251232 2010-07-20T05:17:57-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Jack the Rapper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9124 Reading "Midwich Cuckoos" by John Whyndham, on various children born after an alien visitation, I noticed some similarities between the "common consciousness" shared by male (and ... And it's possible there are other Freakangel Groups in the world, like there were many cuckoos groups in the novel?]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251237#Comment_251237 2010-07-20T06:17:32-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 johnjones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052 The Freakangels' story is a direct homage to The Midwich Cuckoos. In fact, one of the early taglines/descriptions of it was "What if the Midwich Cuckoos had grown up to be disaffected ... Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251245#Comment_251245 2010-07-20T07:15:04-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2930 Yes, Warren has repeatedly mentioned the Cuckoos influence. Though I still haven't read it.
Though I still haven't read it.]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251246#Comment_251246 2010-07-20T07:17:52-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 @rickiep00h really really do. chrysalids too really really do.
chrysalids too]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251253#Comment_251253 2010-07-20T08:47:55-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 sneak046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574 @Rickie - I can send you my copy. That I've not read either...*hangs head in shame*. That I've not read either...*hangs head in shame*.]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251260#Comment_251260 2010-07-20T09:26:33-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 rickiep00h http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2930 @sneak046 - I'll probably pick it up at the library. They're surprisingly well-stocked. Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251306#Comment_251306 2010-07-20T15:53:57-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 TheEndsOfInvention http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8799 chrysalids is amazing. anyone read 'choccy' or the 'kraken wakes'? weeeeird books... and 'trouble with lichen' too... Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251318#Comment_251318 2010-07-20T18:10:30-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 i thought the kraken wakes was funny. there's a great old bbc audio book of it. i love wyndham. i have a ridiculous collection of copies of Day of the Triffids (my fave book). i think i have ... there's a great old bbc audio book of it.

i love wyndham. i have a ridiculous collection of copies of Day of the Triffids (my fave book). i think i have about 21 copies - bought for cheap because the covers are so nice.]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251722#Comment_251722 2010-07-24T21:03:38-07:00 2010-07-24T21:23:50-07:00 TheEndsOfInvention http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8799 I'm with you there, pity it doesn't translate well on screen. I shall give my first born to the man who can make plants scary (shyamalamalan tried. he aint gettin ma babeh.) On Chrysalids... read ...
On Chrysalids... read it read it read it, it's as relevant to FreakAngels as Cuckoos is.
And I'm not up on my comic history much but it's got to have informed X-Men, if you're into that, all that 'suffer not the mutant' jazz.]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251738#Comment_251738 2010-07-25T02:38:20-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 BettyBoolean http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8924 @ TheEndsOfInvention, yeah i think X-Men was informed by Sci Fi books of the time it was created. Persecuted Mutants are common fare in sci fi of the time like the PK Dick short story 'The Golden ... Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=251769#Comment_251769 2010-07-25T10:23:01-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Jack the Rapper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9124 "Chocky" is a wonderful book on imaginary friiends and alien visitations. I loved that book. Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=252259#Comment_252259 2010-07-28T19:48:08-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Jack the Rapper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9124 Why aren't Freakangels golden eyed like Wyndhan's cuckoos? Why violet eyes? Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=252268#Comment_252268 2010-07-28T21:37:12-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Rootfireember http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1551 I have no clue if it's Warren's reasoning or not but Violets/purples are often associated with creativity and imagination, which suits the story, I think. Gold's often very, very commonly used in ... -just my $0.02]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=252279#Comment_252279 2010-07-29T00:06:03-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Jack the Rapper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9124 Oh, I see. Also, in recent years, violet has become a fashionable color. Maybe that's why Sirkka and pre-apocalypse Arkady have violet hairs? Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=252300#Comment_252300 2010-07-29T04:24:44-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Solario http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=58 I always figured it was an Indigo children reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_children Indigo children is a pseudo-scientific label given to children who are claimed to possess ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_children

Indigo children is a pseudo-scientific label given to children who are claimed to possess special, unusual and/or supernatural traits or abilities. The idea is based on New Age concepts developed in the 1970s by Nancy Ann Tappe. The concept of indigo children gained popular interest with the publication of a series of books in the late 1990s and the release of several films in the following decade. A variety of books, conferences and related materials have been created surrounding belief in the idea of indigo children and their nature and abilities. These beliefs range from their being the next stage in human evolution or possessing paranormal abilities such as telepathy to the belief that they are simply more empathic and creative than their peers.
]]> Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=252305#Comment_252305 2010-07-29T06:28:05-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 ian holloway http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6961 i would suppose the main reason is that they aren't the kids from Midwich just a riff on the same theme. Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=252308#Comment_252308 2010-07-29T06:34:41-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 bjacques http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2157 Come to that, so's The Comsat Angels by J.G. Ballard. Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=253340#Comment_253340 2010-08-04T05:50:49-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 Jack the Rapper http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9124 I think the government would have hired them to use against al Qaeda. Make Osama Bin Laden and lackeys explode in their own lair, spot terrorists before they strike... but maybe they didn't want to ... Freakangels and Whyndham's "Midwich Cuckoos" http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=8601&Focus=253365#Comment_253365 2010-08-04T08:53:25-07:00 2013-06-20T05:29:53-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2 It's an Indigo Children reference, yes.