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The Day of the Triffids
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  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241970577
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

The Day of the Triffids

Formats & editions
Paperback
24 Sept 2014
Paperback
18 Aug 2008
Paperback
21 Feb 2001
Hardback
14 Nov 2016
EBook
21 Feb 2001
Audiobook
3 July 2006
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The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.'

When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .
  • Published: 24 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9780241970577
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

John Wyndham

John Wyndham was born in 1903 in the Midlands. After leaving school, he tried his hand at several careers, including farming, law and advertising, before starting to write stories in 1925. During the war he worked as a censor in the Ministry of Information and afterwards served in the Army. The Day of The Triffids was published in 1951, and was followed by many other famous works of science fiction, including The Kraken Wakes, The Chrysalids and The Midwich Cuckoos. Wyndham died in 1969.
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