What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
This novel is remarkable for introducing several ideas, and for setting new benchmarks for other speculative novels. It is the exploration of these themes that makes the book so fascinating. Nevertheless, this is definitely well worth reading.
The story follows the plight of the world's few remaining survivors after three (possibly) coincidental cataclysmic events of uncertain origins. The last inhabitant of the planet is attacked by carnivorous plants.
The day of the triffids is a 1951 science fiction novel about a mobile stinging plant called the triffid.
The story is told by bill masen, a biologist for the arctic and european oil company. He was in a hospital with bandages over his eyes and was not able to watch the meteor shower.
Suspend your disbelief and read the book. Thought provoking in the extreme and yet still completely satisfying even when read only on the surface as a science-fiction thriller.
Cons
This has to be the most poorly converted kindle book i’ve ever seen. Some of the transcription errors are easy to figure out, some take a bit of deciphering, and some i can never make sense of. This version contains many spelling errors!
Highlights
Quality
The triffids along with every other plot element are entirely believable which makes them all the more scary
The landscape both city and country sights and sounds are very well described and i could imagine everything quite vividly
They also have very dangerous stingers which can reach a length of around ten feet and if they connect with bare skin can be fatal
Man tinkering around with genetics that may one day engulf and possibly overshadow mankind itself by mistake or mutation
Price
A seriously good deal and in great shape for the price
Packaging/appearance
34 however the beautiful meteor shower has a hidden catch all who watch it become blind
Competitiveness
I have never seen the triffid movie so i can not compare it to the book
Wyndams end of the world tool works better than most
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
novel, first, most, many and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 5,567 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 10 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I truly dont remember the first time i read this novel
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I know i was very young and i was raiding my school library for every single sf book that grabbed me
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So one heck of a long time ago
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And to the best of my knowledge this is literally the very first postapocalyptic novel i ever read definitely predating hg wellss war of the worlds and the time machine as well as bradburys fahrenheit 451
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So at the time while i remember very little of the actual story from that first read i do remember it blew my mind and sent me on a quest to read everything wyndham i could put my grubby hands on
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On this readthrough im much older much more jaded and ive read far more than my fair share of postapocalyptic fiction
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The various forms of society that are struggled with throughout the short novel are likely the weakest parts of it as wyndham can get a tad preachy and of course the casual misogyny doesnt hold up all that well seventyodd years later
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But overall considering this novel was published six years before the launch of sputnik 1 the first manmade satellite and wyndham was already speculating on what would eventually be up there in earth orbit is just fascinating
Review Count History
