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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.
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THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
A truly scary classic of a world at war with incomprehensible forces. A must read book and, a must see movie.
--Fred Dodnick, Vice President, Director of Trade Production
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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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- PublisherBBC Audiobooks
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1846071518
- ISBN 13 9781846071515
- BindingAudio CD
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages3
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Day Of The Triffids, The - Classic Radio Sci-Fi
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BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House, United Kingdom, London, 2006
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Divided by blindness and societal breakdown, humanity is at the mercy of the carniverous Triffids.This full-cast drama is based on the classic post-war 'science fantasy' novel which made John Wyndham famous, and whose appeal endures to this day. Giles Cooper's six-part adaptation stars Gary Watson, Barbara Shelley and Peter Sallis, with appearances from "Doctor Who" names Peter Pratt, Christopher Bidmead and David Brierley. This BBC Radio 4 production was made and broadcast in 1968, and later transmitted via World Service. This forms part of BBC Audiobooks' "Classic Radio Sci-Fi" series. Other titles in the series are "Aliens in the Mind" and "The Quatermass Memoirs". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005376952
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The Day of the Triffids - BBC Classic Radio Sci-Fi - 3 CD BBC Audio Set
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Audio Book (CD). Condition: Very Good. 3 CD BBC Audio Set. 2hrs 50mins duration. With booklet. No library copy. (6/5). Seller Inventory # ABE-1520346669732
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