A review by lemonicedtea
The Outward Urge by John Wyndham, Lucas Parkes

4.0

Interesting book! I’m a fan of Wyndham’s other works and I found this in a charity shop so I thought I’d give it a try; my expectations weren’t that high since this isn’t one of his popular/well-known books and as far as I can tell it’s no longer in print. I don’t like it as much as others of his, but still enjoyed it. Unlike most Wyndham novels, there are absolutely no aliens, rather the science-fiction aims to be “realistic” projections of how humans may expand into the solar system. Lucas Parkes is described as a “technical advisor” but in reality Parkes was Wyndham’s pen name! There are 5 separate stories set in different time periods, following generations of the Troon family. The best one in my opinion is Mars 2094.