Day of the Triffids

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Author: John Wyndham
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Day of the Triffids.jpg Synopsis

A mysterious comet passing earth leaves all who saw it blind. The few sighted people left have to contend with the breakdown of society as well as the spreading of a strange and deadly intelligent plant called a Triffid. In many ways similar to the George A Romero Zombie-Apocalypse type films with the Triffid plants taking the place of the faithfull Zombie.


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    This was the first adult book I read as a child. It paved the way for my love of books which up until that point I had seen as boring and dull. I consider the reading of this book pivotal in my lif...