The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics)

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John Wyndham

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In the world of the blind, the plant is

5 years, 1 month ago at Apr 18 19:05

KCenturion

4 votes

From an early age, my Dad would always talked about this book as if it were the Bible. His favourite book by far and always on his recommendation list whenever I'm in a bookstore or a library with him.

After seeing the film and the TV series, I thought I'd best try this sucker out. Both were low budget and didn't do the storyline any justice.

After an accident causing... read more

Filmic Apocalyptic Tale Without The Clichés

4 years, 9 months ago at Aug 7 8:15

Dionysian Child

4 votes

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

I’m not one for normally remembering quotes but this one has stuck in my head.
Used in the opening sentences it perfectly sets up the tone for the rest of the book; an eerie misplaced and hauntingly plausible and uncanny dystopian epic.
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Description: When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else has been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - venomous plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their ... (more)

Manufacturer : Penguin Classics
Release date : 22 February 2001
ISBN-10 : 0141185414 | ISBN-13: 9780141185415

Science Fiction (2), Sightless (1), Environmentalism (1), Regime (1), Holding Up (1), Barricade (1), Siege (1), End Of Civilisation (1), Blind (1), Hybrid (1), England (1), Mutation (1), Triffids (1), London (1), Comet (1), Against Will (1), Sci-fi (1), Kidnapping (1), The Wrong Course Of Action (1), Sci Fi (1)

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For the Horror lover... (292 books items)

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My Book Quest 2008 (26 books items)

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Dionysian Child added this to a list 3 years, 10 months ago

Impressive First Lines (29 books items)

"'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.' John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids (1951) "

Dionysian Child posted a review 4 years, 9 months ago

Filmic Apocalyptic Tale Without The Clichés

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

I’m not one for normally remembering quotes but this one has stuck in my head.

Used in the opening sentences it perfectly sets up the tone for the rest of the book; an eerie misplaced and hauntingly plausible and uncanny dystopian epic.

Set in an undetermined date, man has begun to dabble with genetic modifications. The result, 10 foot high plants with extendable stingers capable of instantly killing a man with one blow.

These vegetative beasts can uproot and mobilise themselves before sinking back in their roots.

Thankfully man has rendered them harmless by regularly trimming their stingers, and most are co” read more

KCenturion posted a review 5 years, 1 month ago

In the world of the blind, the plant is

“From an early age, my Dad would always talked about this book as if it were the Bible. His favourite book by far and always on his recommendation list whenever I'm in a bookstore or a library with him.

After seeing the film and the TV series, I thought I'd best try this sucker out. Both were low budget and didn't do the storyline any justice.

After an accident causing his eyes to shut down temporarily, a man in hospital wakes up to no noise and nobody. He plucks up the courage to take his bandage off and can finally see that his world has turned upside down.

After an eerie but spectacular meteor storm the night before, everyone who saw it has myseriously gone blind. Now being one of the few people who can see, he finds himself in a moral predicament.

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