Day of the Triffids – Book Recommendation – Science Fiction Classic - Must Read

Title: The Day of the Triffids

Author: John Wyndham

Media Type: Book

Type: Fiction

Genre: Science Fiction

A man named Bill Masen wakes up one morning to discover the world has gone blind. Yet he can still see. Everything he knew is gone, changed forever by a destructive meteor shower. The dangers he understood have vanished and he has to learn to navigate through a new series of troubles unlike anything he has ever experienced.

    First published in 1951, The Day of the Triffids is set in England in a post-apocalyptic society. Told in the first person, the reader discovers this new blind world through the eyes of its hero, Bill Masen. In addition to having to deal with the fact that sighted people are a minority, Bill is also challenged by the triffids, giant deadly mobile plants.

     The book is structured like a fantasy/road trip. The characters move through a variety of newly created micro-societies, each having decided to base their small world on some pre-apocalyptic structure – religious, militaristic etc. None are perfect, some are positively dangerous.

     If you love a good page turner than The Day of Triffids is for you. Wyndham’s style is fluid. The narrative is never dull and the action never lags. Even the explanatory passages are expressed in an active voice. Wyndham doesn’t keep his characters in any one place for long. He builds great suspense and anxiety by never allowing his characters to truly rest or to forget that there is as much danger in encountering a killer triffid as meeting a fellow human.

     The Day of the Triffids is a must read for anyone who loves science fiction or who wants to write science fiction. It is imaginative and literate. These are just two of the reasons it has become an influential classic and been in print for over sixty years. I enjoyed this book very much and highly recommend it.

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Publisher: Modern Library

Copyright Date: 1951

ISBN-10: 0812967127

ISBN-13: 978-0812967128

ASIN: B003XRELZM

Suggested Audience: Adult, Young Adult, Teen

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