Free: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS pb science fiction Wyndham - Fiction Books - Listia.com Auctions for Free Stuff

FREE: THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS pb science fiction Wyndham

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS pb science fiction Wyndham
A member of Listia gave this away for free!
Do you want FREE stuff like this?
Big yes    Big no
Listia is 100% Free to use
Over 100,000 items are FREE on Listia
Declutter your home & save money
La times

"Listia is like EBay, except everything is free" - Los Angeles Times
Techcrunch

"An Awesome Way To Give And Get Free Stuff" - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
This Stuff is Free Too:
Description

The listing, THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS pb science fiction Wyndham has ended.

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. John Wyndham.

Paperback.

The world comes to an end in this novel with a cosmic light show that leaves everyone who watches it...which is almost everybody...blind the next morning. And ready to take advantage of this are the triffids, ambulatory tree-like plants that have become a mainstay in the economy because they produce a high quality vegetable oil. The problem with the triffis, however, if they have a whip-like tendril that sprouts from their crown and is capable of killing people struck by it. After sufficient time for decompositionl, the whip will hook meat and bring it back so they can feed themselves. How do you deal with that?

The book spawned a movie with American actor and singer Howard Keel in the lead, a common practice in 1950's English movies where American character actors took the lead with an otherwise all-British cast. The story is different in details, but substantially similar.

The triffids, of course, sound much more impressive in the book than they look on screen -- that's the power of imagination for you. Unlike the movie, the book doesn't try for a simple happy ending, but more like a conditional happy ending.

It's a nice little chiller. I read it when I was a teen...I had to snap it up and reread it. Glad I did.


Questions & Comments
Original
MINE!!!
Feb 15th, 2011 at 2:20:46 AM PST by

THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS pb science fiction Wyndham is in the Books | Fiction Books category