# The Day of the Triffids

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- Book: [The Day of the Triffids](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids) ([The Day of the Triffids.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham/the-day-of-the-triffids.md))
- Authors: [John Wyndham](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-wyndham)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4128-467-4
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2016-10-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A stunning new clothbound edition of one of the most famous science-fiction novels of the twentieth century, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. 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...