by John Wyndham I didn't really know what to expect from this one apart from evil plants, so enjoyed the thrill of discovery as the plot slowly unfolded in the early chapters. It surprised me that there was so much of the plot focused on the issue of everyone going blind from an unrelated source b...
That was awesome! I love it when pop-culture classics are really all that. This one kept surprising me: - Because I had NO IDEA what it was about (beyond some vague notion that there was an apocalyptic event, and some plants were involved) - It changed lanes and directions non-stop (no getting...
My mom & I love science fiction B-movies from the 50s and the 60s. Day of the Triffids is one of our favorites. When I saw it on a few Best of all Time lists I took a chance. I tried reading it and found the 'wordy' overwritten English grated on my nerves. So I tried the Audiobook and WOW color me h...
"When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere." One morning Bill Masen wakes up in the hospital with bandages over his eyes and with the distinctive feeling that something is horrible wrong. During the night a gree...
One of the first SF books I read was Day of the Trifids by John Wyndham. I discovered it through the 1980’s BBC television version. The beginning of the book remains vivid in my memory. The protagonist, after being blinded by a Trifid attack on the farm, awakes alone in hospital. Nobody answers his ...
Finally, I get around to reviewing this book I've been a bit slack in terms of reviewing books or being sociable lately and I do apologise for that, There are reasons and I'm going write a blog post about it but anyway, back to the review.I don't need to introduce Day of the traffids as I'm sure eve...
When I was a kid I was a huge fan of science fiction. While my tastes were somewhat narrow, I read quite a few books within the genre that I enjoyed to various degrees. Yet even as I look back on some of them fondly through the rose-tinted view of nostalgia and even re-read some of them with pleasur...
I have an immense love of post-apocalyptic fiction, especially the classic stuff. I've been around the block enough not to be terribly surprised by events, but this book still hit me pretty well. I think that this book is delightfully nuanced - it doesn't club you over the hows, but lets them devel...
New Review! THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS by John Wyndham http://tinyurl.com/q6pr9qj A post-apocalyptic tale that's timely after 60+ years. This #scifi classic is one I am reading w/chills even now. Modern Library reprint.
So what happened after Bill Masen escaped the clutches of the despotic Torrence and fled to the Isle of Wight? I always wondered... Having recently revisited the Day of the Triffids on audiobook and reviewed it here, I stumbled across this sequel by Simon Clark and ordered it up from Amazon. Hm...
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