The day of the triffids /
Wyndham, John, 1903-1969.
The day of the triffids / John Wyndham - 2003 Modern Library pbk. ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2003. - xv, 228 p. ; 21 cm. - A Modern Library 20th century rediscovery .
"Includes a Modern Library reading group guide"--P. [4] of cover.
"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 posed 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."--BOOK JACKET.
0812967127 (pbk.)
2002043200
Plant mutation--Fiction.
Meteorites--Fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
Meteors
Mutation of plants
Mutation (Biology)
Plant genetics
England--Fiction.
Angleterre
Anglii︠a︡
Inghilterra
Engeland
Inglaterra
Anglija
England and Wales
Science fiction
Sci-fi
Fiction
PR6015.A6425 PR6045.Y64 / D3 2003
823/.91
The day of the triffids / John Wyndham - 2003 Modern Library pbk. ed. - New York : Modern Library, 2003. - xv, 228 p. ; 21 cm. - A Modern Library 20th century rediscovery .
"Includes a Modern Library reading group guide"--P. [4] of cover.
"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 posed 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."--BOOK JACKET.
0812967127 (pbk.)
2002043200
Plant mutation--Fiction.
Meteorites--Fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
Meteors
Mutation of plants
Mutation (Biology)
Plant genetics
England--Fiction.
Angleterre
Anglii︠a︡
Inghilterra
Engeland
Inglaterra
Anglija
England and Wales
Science fiction
Sci-fi
Fiction
PR6015.A6425 PR6045.Y64 / D3 2003
823/.91