The Day of the Triffids
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- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2001
Summary
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 co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141185415 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141185414 |
| Author: | John Wyndham, Barry Langford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2001 |
| Weight: | 191g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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About The Author
John Wyndham
John Wyndham was born in 1093. After a wide experience of the English preparatory school he was at Bedales from 1918 to 1921. Careers which he tried included farming, law, commercial art, and advertising, and he first started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. During the war he was in the Civil Service and afterwards in the Army. In 1946 he began writing his major science fiction novels including “The Kraken Wakes”, “The Chrysalids” and “The Midwich Cuckoos”.
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