The Day of the Triffids
de WYNDHAM, John
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London: Michael Joseph, 1951.. First edition, 8vo, 302, (2) pp. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, faint soiling to the lower wrapper, mild rubbing to the spine ends and a few other extremities. Preceded only by some shorter fiction published in the 1930s under the pseudonyms "John Beynon" or "John Beynon Harris", this was the author's first novel using his most famous pen name.
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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- Título
- The Day of the Triffids
- Autor
- WYNDHAM, John
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- Usado
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- London: Michael Joseph
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951.
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- Cloth
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