They possess telepathic abilities and can control others' actions. As they grow up, it becomes increasingly apparent that they are, at least in some respects, not human. The children have none of the genetic characteristics of their mothers. When the 31 boys and 30 girls are born, they appear normal, except for their unusual golden eyes, light blonde hair and pale, silvery skin. Some months later they realise that every woman of child-bearing age is pregnant with all indications that the pregnancies were caused by xenogenesis during the period of unconsciousness that has come to be referred to as the "Dayout". Aerial photography shows an unidentifiable silvery object on the ground in the centre of the affected zone.Īfter one day, the effect vanishes, along with the unidentified object and the villagers wake with no apparent ill effects. Further experiments reveal the region to be a hemisphere with a diameter of 2 mi (3.2 km) around the village. They discover that a caged canary becomes unconscious upon entering the affected region, but regains consciousness when removed. Suspecting gas poisoning, the army is notified. Attempting to approach the village, one ambulance-man becomes unconscious. The book has been adapted into several media, such as film (twice as Village of the Damned, in 19), radio (1982, 2003, and 2017), and a TV series ( 2022).Īmbulances arrive at two traffic accidents blocking the only roads into the English village of Midwich, Winshire. The book has been praised by many critics, including the dramatist Dan Rebellato, who called it a searching novel of moral ambiguities, and the novelist Margaret Atwood, who called the book Wyndham's chef d'oeuvre. It tells the tale of an English village in which the women become pregnant by brood parasitic aliens.
The Midwich Cuckoos is a 1957 science fiction novel written by the English author John Wyndham.
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