# The Day of the Triffids

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- Authors: [John Wyndham](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-541-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2001-02-22
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.