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THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
de Wyndham, John (pseudonym of John Beynon Harris)
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Bookplate of noted fan and collector Oswald Train affixed to front paste down, some offsetting to free end papers, mild foxing t
- Librería
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First edition. Bookplate of noted fan and collector Oswald Train affixed to front paste down, some offsetting to free end papers, mild foxing to top page edges, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with minor restoration to spine ends and corner tips. (28984). Octavo. Cloth. The precedes the British edition that has textual differences. Runner-up for the 1952 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-199. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 5.
Sinopsis
The Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel written in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels, this was the first published under the John Wyndham pen-name. It established him as an important writer, and remains his best known novel. When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day. The Day of the Triffids , published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before.
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- Librería
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 28984
- Título
- THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
- Autor
- Wyndham, John (pseudonym of John Beynon Harris)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bookplate of noted fan and collector Oswald Train affixed to front paste down, some offsetting to free end papers, mild foxing t
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
- Palabras clave
- SF . Film Source
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Sobre el vendedor
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2017
Laurel, Maryland
Sobre John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
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