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The day of the triffids
The day of the triffids
Wyndham, John2014
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When Bill Masen wakes up in his hospital bed, he has reason to be grateful for the bandages that covered his eyes the night before. For he finds a population rendered helpless by the blindness that followed the spectacular display of bright green lights that filled the night sky; a population at the mercy of the Triffids. Once, with their ability to move and their carnivorous habits, the Triffids were just botanical curiosities. But now, with humans so vulnerable, they are a potent threat to humanity's survival. It is up to people like Bill, the few who can still see, to carve out a future...
Imprint:
London : Penguin Books, 2014.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Michael Joseph, 1951.
ISBN:
02419705719780241970577
Dewey class:
SF823.9'12
Local class:
SF PBKAFSFFAFCLF
Language:
English
BRN:
510208
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