This essay is the introduction to Chocky by John Wyndham. The new edition is out now from NYRB Classics. I was an avid John Wyndham reader throughout the 1950s, when he published the novels for which ...

DreamWorks recently acquired the rights to the science fiction novel "Chocky" written by John Wyndham. Steven Spielberg is apparently interested in making this his next directing project (presumably ...

DreamWorks has extended its option for the dramatic rights to the science fiction novel "Chocky" from Pollinger Ltd., the U.K. agency that handles the literary estate of the late author John Wyndham.

DreamWorks has acquired the dramatic rights to the science fiction novel "Chocky" from Pollinger Ltd., the U.K. agency that handles the literary estate of the late author John Wyndham. By Borys Kit ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - DreamWorks has acquired the dramatic rights to the science fiction novel "Chocky" from Pollinger Ltd., the U.K. agency that handles the literary estate of the late ...

I admit it, I’m completely torn on how to feel about the news that Steven Spielberg is looking to adapt John Wyndham’s Chocky into a big-screen extravaganza. On the one hand, the book — well, the TV ...

One day David, a rational, well-heeled accountant, is fixing his lawnmower when he hears his son Matthew apparently engaged in conversation with himself. It’s only normal, he thinks; a lot of children ...

Steven Spielberg has picked up the film rights to John Wyndham's sci-fi novel Chocky, says The Hollywood Reporter. The book revolves around a boy whose consciousness is taken over by an alien entity.

John Wyndham’s aliens are never in a hurry. His keynote novels are hallmarked by invaders, benevolent or otherwise, that arrive by stealth rather than in spacecraft; via spores in Day Of The Triffids; ...

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - DreamWorks has extended a previously held option for the film rights to the science fiction novel "Chocky" from Pollinger Ltd., the U.K. agency that handles the ...

A young boy causes concern when he develops an imaginary friend. Is it a fantasy or is there more to it? Stars Judy Bennett. Show more 12-year-old Matthew Gore sparks concern for his parents when he ...