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The Day Of The Triffids
by Wyndham, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good-
- ISBN 10
- 071810093X
- ISBN 13
- 9780718100933
- Seller
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Wyndham, John: The Day Of The Triffids. EXLIB. VG-/VG- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original price 2.20 pounds net. Michael Joseph copyright August, 1951. 11th Printing Thus, August, 1973. ISBN 071810093X. 302 Pages. 5 X 7 ½. Green boards with silver titling. Black and green dust jacket. "Terrifying, Wellsian...This fantastic story is so cleverly written that it becomes almost plausible. It certainly grips the imagination from first page to last." Quite the Find.
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DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS! SCI-FI HORROR! RARE! "Terrifying, Wellsian...This fantastic story is so cleverly written that it becomes almost plausible. It certainly grips the imagination from first page to last." Quite the Find.
Synopsis
The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels, this was the first published under the John Wyndham pen-name. It established him as an important writer, and remains his best known novel. 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 concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.
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- Seller
- Mary Riversong Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 193WyndhamTrif1973
- Title
- The Day Of The Triffids
- Author
- Wyndham, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 11th Printing Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 071810093X
- ISBN 13
- 9780718100933
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Pages
- 302
- Size
- 5 X 7 1/2
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Botany, Alien, Invasive Species, Terror, Blindness, nightmare
- Bookseller catalogs
- For Sale; Literature; Anglophilia; Science Fiction; Young Adult; Fantasy; Social Sciences; PSYCHOLOGY; Horror; Fiction; Dust Jacket; Movies; Novel; Botany; 20th Century;
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