The Day of the Triffids
Book 1 of The Triffids
Language: English
Classics Fantasy Horror Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Nomination of 1952 IFA Award for Fiction Novel Post-Apocalyptic SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 Science Fiction _isfdb into-movie into-tv strange vegetation
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: Jan 2, 1951
Description:
The triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world, he has survived to witness a new world. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic and horrific.
The Day of the Triffids is the story of Bill Masen, and Englishman who has made his living working with Triffids, plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behavior. When a meteor shower watched by millions renders much of the population blind, the Triffids move in to take-over and the survival of humanity itself comes under great threat.