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Day of the Triffids
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Day of the Triffids Mass market paperbound - 1985

by John Wyndham


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The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels, this was the first published under the John Wyndham pen-name. It established him as an important writer, and remains his best known novel. When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes 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.

First line

When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.

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  • Title Day of the Triffids
  • Author John Wyndham
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 191
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Del Rey Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
  • Date December 12, 1985
  • ISBN 9780345328175 / 0345328175
  • Weight 0.22 lbs (0.10 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 4.23 x 0.56 in (17.53 x 10.74 x 1.42 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00000000
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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