My bias wasn’t helped any by having seen the horrendously cheesy 1960s film clips for the movie based on this book. Biologist Bill Masen and author Josella Playton are two of them, finding each other and starting out on an adventure to survive and build a new world.Īs I mentioned above, science fiction isn’t really my favorite genre and I had no real desire to read this book. The only individuals saved from blindness were those who, for one reason or another, did not witness the meteor shower. Published in 1951, it tells the story of the end of the world as we know it. Humans are left blind after a mysterious comet lights up the world’s skies with eery bright green flashes ― allowing the mysterious Triffids free reign. The Day of the Triffids is perhaps the best known, and most critically-acclaimed novel by science fiction author John Wyndham. Find out why…įind it/Buy it here: The Day of the Triffids Science fiction is not my favorite genre but this classic had me rethinking my mild aversion.
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