I forget how I first happened upon John Wyndham. In a second hand bookstore in my student days I think. But what a discovery. This has to be my favourite of his books with The Day of the Triffids a close second.

An unusual meteor shower proves to be the start of the subtle and skillful take-over of our planet by an alien race. A fantastic story which I never tire of reading. One which seems more likely to become reality as I grow older.