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The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Modern Classics) [Kindle Edition]

John Wyndham (Author), Barry Langford (Introduction)
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Good confidence-builders for reluctant readers, this series provides a quick way into a range of classics. The Bookseller Back to School Supplement

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'One of those books that haunts you for the rest of your life' Sunday Times
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 380 KB
  • Print Length: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin (20 Sep 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002RI9YOG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #9,115 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Here I sit at 19, about to go back to university for my second year studying English and I find myself wondering how I can value a mid 20th century science fiction novel over all the classics and anything else on my bookshelf.

Then I look at the front cover and see the quote "One of those books that haunts you for the rest of your life" and realise that quote sums up in one sentence exactly why I love this book to the exclusion of all others.

I must have first read this at age 11/12 and having done so many times since it NEVER loses its appeal. A love story, a story of immense tragedy, of politics, of the fragility of modern life and above all of the undeniable essential nature of mankind Wyndham incorporates all these facets into a perfect tale.

Perhaps I am viewing it through rose tinted glasses because of the effect it had on me at such an impressionable age, but judging by everyone else's reviews I doubt this very much. I don't think I am being melodramatic when I say this novel opened my eyes to the true nature of the world. The characters are perfect, I felt like they were real people and at the end of every reading I am sad to close the last page and say good bye to them, if only for a short while.

My dog eared and much loved copy takes pride of place on my bookshelf. This is a novel for anybody out there who looked at the world around them and wondered... what if?
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Creepily Effective... 13 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
ONly just remembered the series, but decided to pick up the book not long after War of The Worlds - which it alwasy gets compared to. I found them different - Triffids seemed more about the collapse of society, and the problems thrown up by the Triffids rather than thier actual 'taking over' of the plants. Wyndham's skill ies in just having The Triffids skulking in the periphery, always there, adding to the woes of the poor, in-fighting human survivors.

A great book; a classic example of reserved but chilling british sci-fi.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By DB
Format:Paperback
After first hearing The Day Of The Triffids on BBC7 a while ago, then seeing the TV adaptation on BBC4 I was delighted to find this among those 'unknown hidden items' under the Christmas Tree!

From the start it is written in a brilliant style. Seeing through Bills eyes it really brings the destruction of 'The Comet' over very well. The Triffids, the tripod walking plants, although sound more like a joke, are deadly serious and with mankind lost in the dark, the Triffids and the men who can do battle in a race to survive. However it is not just the Triffids, but his own kind who Bill finds himself racing in the sprint for survival

Quite unlike any Sci-Fi I've ever read (Asimov, Adams, Doctor Who stuff etc) Wyndham had an amazing talent for writing, and The Day Of The Triffids has got to be one of the best books I have ever read
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