John Wyndham - The Chrysalids

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I first read this when I was about 11 or 12 years old and it struck a chord, not just for it's post appocalyptic themes but because it was about young outsiders who had something different about them that couldn't be identified but was feared and scorned by a cultural/social climate of religious facism.

Even today sometimes, when I look around at the NT world around me, the little insincere ballet, the circus of mundanity and stupidity, I feel a little like I did when I read that book for the first time while dodging school bullies and harrassment.

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Totally agree. Excellent book.
I was about 8/9 when I first read it, but kept it like a totem of comfort in my mind, and it's been there ever since.
I can remember carefully examining my toes, just in case that was the answer I needed to why everyone else was different to me.
It also finished my allegiance to religion.

Zenna Henderson's People stories were another good exploration of being different.

I haven't read that one but I love 'The Day of the Triffids'

Yeah, excellent book, Considering the time and cultural environment both books have a lot to merit their reading.

Good movie too from what I remember, I'm not big on to many remakes but it could make a good one.