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  • Published: 14 November 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241284674
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00

The Day of the Triffids




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...

  • Published: 14 November 2016
  • ISBN: 9780241284674
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $35.00

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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