Amazon.co.uk Review
Simon Clark's
The Night of the Triffids is the authorised 50th-anniversary sequel to
The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham, that classic SF nightmare which gave our language the word "triffid".
Clark's opening consciously echoes Wyndham's. In Day, narrator Bill Masen woke to a world blinded by strange radiations. Twenty five years later, his son David wakes to a different mysterious darkness. When people can't see, those deadly walking GM vegetables the triffids have the advantage. They got out of hand in Day and now not only dominate the continents but are learning how to invade human refuges like the Masens' Isle of Wight.
Air pilot David's high-altitude investigation of what's hiding the sun leads to unexpected dangers and contact with explorers from triffid-besieged Manhattan Island. A wonderful place but with something rotten underneath--and its leader's plans for reclaiming the Earth verge on the insane.
Simon Clark, a devoted fan of The Day of the Triffids, is best known for horror fiction. Although he does a fair pastiche of Wyndham's very British understated narrative style, this often escalates into darker imagery and moments of memorable nastiness. The triffids have evolved new, lethal tricks but these pale into insignificance besides the unspeakable things that obsessed humans can do to one another. In the long run, coping with triffids may well be easier.
The Night of the Triffids builds to a slam-bang action climax, not terribly Wyndhamesque but still gripping. A good old-fashioned read with slick modern trimmings and hints of another sequel. --David Langford
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Review
'The hottest new purveyor of horrific thrills currently working on these shores' -- Big Issue Praise for Simon Clark: 'A master of eerie thrills' -- Richard Laymon 'Simon Clark is a well-established horror writer whose stories are told with pace, style and always with a surreal twist' -- Newcastle Evening Chronicle 'To say that Simon Clark is the best novelist to emerge this decade is self-evident. Simon has simply outgrown genre restrictions' -- Andrew Darlington NIGHT OF THE TRIFFIDS, essentially a story of good versus evil, is an intriguing and enjoyable sequel that should delight appreciators of Wyndham's work. Simon Clark dedicates his novel to the memory of John Wyndham (1903-1969) -- The Third Alternative "A definite confirmation of this author's growing reputation as one of the top genre novelists around today." -- Starburst (The Night of The Triffids) "Readers will relish Clark's uncomplicated cocktail of chlorophyl and human blood." Financial Times on The Night of the Triffids -- Financial Times 'The writing is crisp and unfussy' -- The Scotsman 'The pace of the story is breakneck and the climax exhilarating' -- The Scotsman 'Simon Clark is a wonderful writer. He has what it takes to be another Stephen King.' -- Bentley Little - Hell Notes.
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