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The Day of the Triffids

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham, Barry Langford
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When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital, there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realises that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day. The Day of the Triffids, published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780141185415
ISBN10 0141185414
Series/Work OL1911336W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Penguin Modern Classics
Pages 232
Language EN-US
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

18.05 English literature Blind Blindness Carnivorous plants Classic Literature English Fantasy fiction Extraterrestrial beings Fantasy fiction, English Fiction Fiction in English Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure Fiction, science fiction, general Horror Human-alien encounters Large type books Meteorites Plant mutation Plants Science fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

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