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Day of the Triffids

Day of the Triffids

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Day of the Triffids

by Wyndham, John

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ISBN 10
0140009930
ISBN 13
9780140009934
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Penguin UK. As New. 2001. Mass_Market. 0140009930 . An As New Mass Market with a sound binding and a bright, unmarked interior. "The triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world, he has survived to witness a new world. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic and horrific." ; 7.75"; 272 pages .

Synopsis

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.

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Bookseller
Bytown Bookery CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
27215
Title
Day of the Triffids
Author
Wyndham, John
Format/Binding
Mass_Market
Book Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0140009930
ISBN 13
9780140009934
Publisher
Penguin UK
Place of Publication
Great Britain
Date Published
2001
Keywords
0140009930, Science Fiction, Classics, Distopia
Bookseller catalogs
Science Fiction & Fantasy;

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