Product Description

When Bill Masen wakes up in his hospital bed, he has reason to be grateful for the bandages that covered his eyes the night before. For he finds a population rendered helpless by the blindness that followed the spectacular display of bright green lights that filled the night sky; a population at the mercy of the Triffids. Once, with their ability to move and their carnivorous habits, the Triffids were just botanical curiosities. But now, with humans so vulnerable, they are a potent threat to humanity's survival. It is up to people like Bill, the few who can still see, to carve out a future...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20064 in Books
• Published on: 1973-06-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Synopsis
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.

About the Author
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris (1903-69) was the son of a barrister. After trying a number of careers, including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, he started writing short stories in 1925. After serving in the civil Service and the Army during the war, he went back to writing. Adopting the name John Wyndham, he started writing a form of science fiction that he called 'logical fantasy. As well as The Day of the Triffids, he wrote The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids, The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned) and The Seeds of Time.

Customer Reviews

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
Before this i would mainly read fantasy novels. I am studying English at A level and had to pick a non fantasy novel to do. And there isn't a better book to pick. Brilliantly written, great story line and all around superb! Would recomend to any one. I was hooked from the very first page and couldn't put it down. Wyndham draws you deep into the novel and keeps you wanting more even after the last page. BUY THIS BOOK!!!!

Not as good as I hoped
I always remember the TV adaptation terrifying me when I was a kid so I was really looking forward to reading the original book. The actual idea of killer plants is a very good concept and genuinely scary, but the story itself I found disappointingly slow to the point where I began to get quite bored, everything seemed to plod along at a monotonous pace and I ended up feeling quite underwhelmed by the book, which is a pity as the premise of the story is a good one.

Literally an impressionable novel
I don't know what drew me to write about this novel as I read it years ago, but while I do a fair bit of reading I often forget what I've read, but most definately not in this case. I still have vivid images of London falling to pieces as it becomes uninhabited. I found it quite scary, in a way and it certainly presented a lot of food for thought. I would recommend it as a novel that stands out.