3.5
The Day of the Triffids
By John Wyndham & Jeff VanderMeerPublisher Description
The influential masterpiece of one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”—now in development as a miniseries directed by Johan Renck.
“[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham’s vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story.”—The Guardian
What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind—and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?
Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids—plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.
“[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham’s vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story.”—The Guardian
What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind—and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants?
Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids—plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.
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“I picked this up (as an audiobook on Libby) because I've been in a sci-fi/dystopian mood and recognised the name. At first I was really enjoying it, but then comes in our dull beautiful blonde who barely feels like a person, and even after experiencing trauma at the hands of a man very recently, is ready to fall into our equally dull protagonist's arms. This book desperately needed some character exposition, which there is plenty room for in a novel where the characters' whole way of living is shattered and the world they had known is gone. The word that comes to mind for this is: limp. A wet mop of a book that could've been cool and instead chose misogyny.”Dark settingDarkBigotryMisogynyViolenceLack of diversityPredictableUnengaging charactersUnsatisfying plot
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Characters change and growEasy to readFast-pacedSuspensefulTwistyThought-provoking
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“Loved the uneasy feeling of horror this mix of fantasy and reality leaves you with. The plausible circumstances and outcomes are very well thought, especially since this was written in 1951.”Believable charactersDescriptive writingAddictiveFast-pacedUnpredictableDark settingDarkThought-provoking
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Descriptive writingEasy to readSuspensefulUnpredictableDark settingDarkThought-provoking
About John Wyndham
John Wyndham (1903-1969) is considered a pioneer of science fiction and horror, though he preferred to think of himself as a “logical fantasist.” He began writing science fiction and detective stories in the 1920s, but shifted to science fiction post-WWII, focusing on themes of disaster, invasion, and first contact. His best known works include The Day of the Triffids (1951) and The Midwich Cuckoos (1957). A pacifist and socialist, Wyndham—unlike a lot of mid-century genre fiction authors—was alive to the impact of sexism, classism, and prejudice and his novels reflect his liberal politics.
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