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The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.' When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .
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The day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
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- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Wyndham
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0241970571
- ISBN13
- 9780241970577
- Series
- The Day of the Triffids
- Collection
- Penguin essentials
- Tags
- Fiction, Science Fiction, Classics, Suspense, Death, England, Gifts for men, Great Britain, Adapted for Film, English Literature, London, Fear, Post-apocalyptic, Future, Chaos, Adapted into Series, Despair, Struggle for survival, Rescue, Starvation, Classicism, Blindness, Invasion
- First published
- 1951
- Original title
- The Day of the Triffids
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
- Description
- The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.' When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .