My name is Ross and im 26, I like travelling, reading, music (mainly metal),going to gigs, photograp...
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In John Wyndham's 1951 novel 'Day of The Triffids', main protagonist Bill Masen awakes in a London hospital to find that his eyes are heavily bandaged and nobody appears to be around to attend to him. Tentatively removing his bandages and discovering that he is still able to see, Masen quickly discovers that the hospital is deserted and some terrible catastrophe appears to have occured, with the city in a state of abject chaos.
Everyone appears to be blind, with some people choosing to drink themselves into oblivion in the numerous pubs throughout the city, whist others cling to one another in an attempt to find food and somehow remain alive. Masen remembers the radio reports about strange cosmic phenomena in the sky that played out during the weeks he was incapacitated in the hospital, and it soon becomes apparent that watching these weird lights in the sky has somehow caused 99% of the worlds population to go completely blind.
This is not all that humanity suddenly has to contend with however, as huge, predatory, carnivorous plants known as Triffids are stalking the blind and sighted alike in great numbers, and the book follows Mason and the few untouched survivors he encounters as they try and rebuild society whilst battling against the strange new flora which is threatening to supercede man as the dominant species on earth. Mason is sure the two sudden phenomena must be linked somehow......
'Day of the Triffids' is a classic piece of british science fiction, which despite being over fifty years old still feels very contemporary and is an accessably written and hugely compelling read. The sudden disintegration of modern society is brilliantly rendered, and Wyndham creates a tense story that feels at once surreal and yet somehow strangely plausible. The depiction of post-apocalypic London is somehow reminiscient of in Danny Boyle's 2002 film '28 Days Later', and a quick look on the internet reveals that writer Alex Garland was inspired by the opening sequence to the book and film to write the film.
A hugely enjoyable read, 'Day of the Triffids' is an excellent addition to the sci-fi canon that is worthy to to stand alongside fellow classics by the likes of Vules Verne and HG Wells.
Summary: A classic british sci-fi novel.
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