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July 2003
On Sale: July 1, 2003
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ISBN: 0812967127
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Science Fiction
In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the
Triffids to moderate acclaim. Fifty-two years later,
this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted
by The Times (London) as having "all the reality of
a vividly realized nightmare."
Bill Masen, bandages
over his wounded eyes, misses the most spectacular
meteorite shower England has ever seen. Removing his
bandages the next morning, he finds masses of sightless
people wandering the city. He soon meets Josella, another
lucky person who has retained her sight, and together they
leave the city, aware that the safe, familiar world they
knew a mere twenty-four hours before is gone
forever.
But to survive in this post-apocalyptic
world, one must survive the Triffids, strange plants that
years before began appearing all over the world. The
Triffids can grow to over seven feet tall, pull their
roots from the ground to walk, and kill a man with one
quick lash of their poisonous stingers. With society in
shambles, they are now poised to prey on humankind.
Wyndham chillingly anticipates bio-warfare and mass
destruction, fifty years before their realization, in this
prescient account of Cold War paranoia.
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