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... Five, Kurt Vonnegut The Colour Purple, Alice Walker Cloudstreet, Tim Winton This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham Not quite the 1001, but close.

... which might interest you: Genesis (no touchstone available) by Bernard Beckett (cataloged as a YA novel, probably) The Day of the Triffids and The Chrysalids by John Wyndham A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller

> 8: Actually I was responding to the suggestion about veggieburgers ;-) But I can recommend The Day of the Triffids anyway. Loved your story.

> 4: Ever read "The Day of the Triffids"?

Wyndham is great -- a bit outdated English at times, but good. Day of the Triffids and The Chrysalids are wonderful dystopian reads. I've got a great used book store within walking distance that I bought Cuckoos from. The other two I bought from Indigo -- where in fact I'm getting my ...

#47 Midwich Cuckoos is a lot of fun. It's written by the guy who also wrote The Day of the Triffids and both books were made into very popular sci-fi films back in the 60s (MC was called Village of the Damned). The book, as is typical of sci-fi from that era, doesn't have the 'edge' (translat ...

... giant plants that have become able to move around, somehow a by-product of the same event, and they attack humans. Day of the Triffids has been on my TBR list for some time, but now I think I need to actively hunt down a copy. Your description reminds me of the first week I came back to ...

... a phase of reading everything I could find by John Wyndham, though so long ago I don't remember specifics very much. Except Day of the Triffids in which the narrator is saved from the blindness experienced by most of the world by being somewhere without windows, so he didn't look up when the ...

Unbelievable! You know that bit in The Day of the Triffids where the space-stuff makes everyone go blind? It's like more of that came and made everyone in the whole country deaf.

... on. The Brief History of the Dead was quite good, and, Wyndham wrote several interesting stories not quite as famous as Day of the Triffids, including The Chrysalids, The Kraken Wakes, and The Midwich Cuckoos (the last is more of an alien invasion story). Here are two I have ...

... ears. I love the genre and I don't think I've read enough of it. I've done some of the big ones (1984, Brave New World, Day of the Triffids, On The Beach etc) but I feel there are a lot of gaps. I've started my first read for the Challenge with The Night Watch by Sarah Waters for my Bo ...

... warfare await the arrival of radiation in southern Australia. It was a wonderful movie with Gregory Peck too.) **** The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (An invasion of alien plant spores causes blindness among most of the population. Most die, a few must band together for humanity ...

... the Flies 510 The Go-Between 514 Lucky Jim on Mount TBR 518 Casino Royale 519 The Judge and His Hangman 526 Day of the Triffids on Mount TBR 529 The Catcher in the Rye 535 The Third Man 536 The 13 Clocks 538 The Grass is Singing 545 Kingdom of This World 547 Ninet ...

The Stand is one of my all time fav books. The Day of the Triffids and The Road are the other 2 post-apocalyptic novels that I particularly liked. I did read Swan Song many years ago and have been keeping my eyes open for it to reread because while I don't remember it very well, it ...

I loved The Day of the Triffids, but I've never checked out The Conqueror Worms - what was it about?

Not hugely into the genre, but I did enjoy The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and The Conqueror Worms by Brian Keene

AuntMarge - I read The Midwich Cuckoos and The Day of the Triffids this year for the 999 challenge and was impressed with both of them. I remember being terrified but fascinated by a children's television adaptation of Chocky when I was young so I'm keen to see what it is like in book form.

The Day of the Triffids? (But I don't remember anything about anybody seeing white)

... on your list. I just read The Midwich Cuckoos and have The Infinite Moment on my 101010 list. I've also recently read The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes and The Chrysalids.

... about this book. I hesitated to post negative about yet another book from our group reads. But..but...I really did like The Day of the Triffids! I find myself just not connecting with the characters, but I was impressed early on with Delany's creation of a world that feels both primitive ...

... Like Grains of Sand has been selected for the next SF monthly read. Maybe I'll have better luck with it. So far I must say The Day of the Triffids is my favorite SF story in this life time.

80- The day of the triffids John Wyndham was supposedly influenced by The war of the worlds so I was interested in reading these two books one after the other. I have to admit I didn't really see a lot of similarities. Rather, the story reminded me strongly of Blindness by Jose Saramago ...

Started Day of the triffids today.

Oh yeah, Fido was terrific. Such a quirky, midnight movie. I also saw the '80's BBC version of Day of the Triffids. I liked that one quite a bit. Yeah, the Triffids are kind of cheesy looking, and I never really got over it in the entire three hours. But everything else was so ...

... of them. I found this one almost at once and threw it in my cart toot-sweet. I found two others I’ve been looking for: The Day of the Triffids and The Wasp Factory. I also bought a copy of a book I’d passed on several months ago because I thought it was silly to buy books I didn’t ...

... (M) When did we lose Harriet? 4 Watson, Winifred (fic) Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 4.5 Wyndham, John (fic) (SF) The Day of the Triffids 4.5 Zola, Emile (fic) Therese Raquin 3.5 Brautigan, Richard (fic) Willard and his Bowling Trophies 2 Buck, Gayle (R) The Fleeing Heiress 3 ...

Finally finished Kim yesterday. I recently bought both War of the worlds and Day of the triffids so I am interested in reading them one after the other. I am also halfway through Moll Flanders via Dailylit.

... everyone :) Have finished The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong - was an 'A' read. Also an 'A' read was my annual read of The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. Both very good books. Now I am reading the slow and suspenseful Master of the Delta by Thomas H Cook and The Memory Keeper' ...

... If you don't mind fantasy mixed in with your Science Fiction, have a look at Wolf In Shadow, which is quite enjoyable. Day of the Triffids deals with the immediate aftermath of a world-wide disaster. Last and First Men contains quite a few apocalypses in it's storyline. It's definitely ...

... to the rest of Earth's population when all the cities took flight? That would be a PA sorta story, dontcha think? Is The Day of the Triffids set too soon to the apocalypse at its heart?

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Reviewed here I first read this book when I was 12 or 13, and have almost no memory of it. Must have missed a lot the first time. Recommended 4*.

... list but have edited it down to those I have read in the past decade. The Shockwave Rider by John Brunner (1975) Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham (1951) Brain Wave by Poul Anderson (1953) A Dream Of Wessex by Christopher Priest (1977) Timescape by Gregory Benf ...

CurrerBell: "treeware" ... I love it. Is this your own neologism, or am I just behind the times? The Day of the Triffids is one of my favorite sci-fi movies.

I'm finishing up The Day of the Triffids on my K, and I've also downloaded Wyndham's The Midwich Cuckoos. In treeware, I've just started The Lost Traveller, the second book in Antonia White's "Frost in May Quartet," in the Virago reprint.

... Hoban Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny. Emergence by David R. Palmer The Year Of The Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker The Day of the Triffids and The Chrysalids by John Wyndham "A Boy and his Dog" by Harlan Ellison (short story) The Stand by Stephen King (first third) Earth Abides ...

... by Mervyn Peake; Nineteen-eighty four**; I, Robot and Foundation** by Isaac Asimov; The thirteen clocks; Day of the triffids and Chocky by John Wyndham; The glass bees; The once and future king; Solaris; Stranger in a strange land; Day of the dolphin; D ...

Recently finished The Day of the Triffids, which was entertaining, reminiscent of the movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

... border="0" alt="Photobucket">Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham After Day of the Triffids I was eager to read more from John Wyndham and my library happened to have this one. In case anyone doesm't know it is about a village where suddenly ...

... but the narrator returned to the village and the children were no longer babies, I found it really interesting. Like The Day of the Triffids it made me think about what I would do in that situation and about man's position on earth. The Last Shot City Streets, Basketball Dreams ...

>9 It was probably looking for The Day of the Triffids!

Another John Wyndham book from the list The Midwich Cuckoos. Not quite as great as The Day of the Triffids, it took me a little longer to get into it, but the second half of the book was great. In a similar way to Triffids, it has the spooky children at the centre of the novel, but it asks ...

19 - The Careful Use of Compliments -- novel 20 - Lie in the Dark 21 - The Day of the Triffids -- scifi

Oh! The Day of the Triffids I remembered as a Saturday night film, but I went through a host of Wyndham's work last year because I just found his stories pretty solid and, aside from some dating, pretty on the mark about their subject matter. Well, maybe not The Midwich Cuckoos, but who knows?

... target="_blank">The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham I vaguely remembered the television adaptation of this from my childhood and was expecting a dated story about killer plants. The ...

... real quick (never heard of it), and it sounds good. I'm adding that one to my TBW list, too. #227: I haven't seen Day of the Triffids. I'll have to pop back over to IMDb when I can. #232: LOL! Are we not playing nice, beeg? Sorry. ;)

... managed to bubble up all on its own. (I have two queues, one where I keep newer, popular movies and one for stuff like Day of the Triffids and Repo Man.)

... it's a good movie for my wife or if it'll just be too out there.) Hey, has anyone seen the BBC mini-series version of Day of the Triffids? That's another that is pretty high on my list...

I loved Day of the Triffids when I read it many years ago. I came across a "sequel" written by someone else (forget their name) not long ago called The Night of the Triffids. It was Awful! Truly bad!

... and rememberances of past lives with the central story. Interesting but rather more slight than I was expecting. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Category: Dystopia and Apocalypse I've renamed the category as this and The Road are more about apocalyse than technically ...

Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Fantastic book. It seems so modern still and asks big questions about how people react to situations, rather than just being about a plague of murderous plants. Those plants were still rather chilling though. I'll be reading the rest of Wyndham's books on ...

Reading Day of the Triffids for my category that was called Dystopia but I think would be more accurate to rename "& Apocalypse". I have about another 60 pages left to read. I've really enjoyed it so far, although it is very different from how I imagined it would be - a lot more in there to ...

15. John Wyndham: The Day of the Triffids

... n Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds Alien Earth by Megan Lindholm Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

... Mother got me into reading science fiction, first introducing me to two classics - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and The day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I've been hooked ever since.

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (read it about three or four years ago, after listening to an unabridged audio version a year or four before that)

... of punctuation and changing narrative perspectives. It was a good portrayal of society in collapse though, a bit like Day of the Triffids and the concentration camps were scarily realistic and reminiscent of those described by Primo Levi in If This is a Man.

... Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold. which I'm counting on you all to request!) A Town Like Alice, The Master and Margarita, Day of the Triffids, Moonfleet (unjustly neglected by fine book presses), Catcher in the Rye, and A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush are all must-haves for me. On LadyL ...

... published although I have missed much of these From the other list I would have gone for THE PERIODIC TABLE and THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

They're making another version of DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. Oh, goody, he says, his tongue rammed halfway through his cheek: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/02/11/triffids-remake.html

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

... destroying the evil. I think it adds an edge of the absolute uncontrollable. Think of Desperation. I'm keen on Day of the Triffids for that same reason. And The Chrysalids. I think the best and lasting optimism is born from the darkest depths of pessimism. You can't get any ...

... A plague kills most of the population and those who survive soon learn that life will never be the same again. Bit like Day of the Triffids or The Stand but not quite so good and made me think of I am Legend while I was reading it. Enjoying it a lot, wish I had watched the TV series now. ...

Read Day of the Triffids a couple months ago. This had to have been a MAJOR building block in post-apocalyptic survival horror ideas and zombie fiction and films today. For graphic novel, comic book, and sci-fi fans, I read Zot, which uses science fiction as a storytelling tool rather than a ...

... Matheson Good Omens should also be on that list really... As should Spares by Michael Marshall Smith and The Day of the Triffids... And everything Neil Gaiman and Diana Wynne Jones have written! #160 yosarian, I definitely also recommend Neverwhere - and A ...

The Lottery The Haunting of Hill House (film was called The Haunting) The Day of the Triffids

... John Wyndham 65. The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkein 66. Lord of the Flies William Golding 67. Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 68. Foundation Isaac Asimov 69. A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute 70. I, Robot Isaac Asimov 71. Nineteen Eighty F ...

... in South Africa...all those books, makes you wonder if they are trying to acquire the means to kill us all as we sleep a la Day of the Triffids.

... Greene, 1990's 151. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, 1960's 152. Foundation, Isaac Asimov, 1960's 153. The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham, 1960's 154. The Old Man and the Sea, Hemmingway, 1960's 155. The Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison, 1960's 156. Casino Royale, I ...

... Greene, 1990's 151. The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, 1960's 152. Foundation, Isaac Asimov, 1960's 153. The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham, 1960's 154. The Old Man and the Sea, Hemmingway, 1960's 155. The Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison, 1960's 156. Casino Royale, I ...

... have been the sixth form = Year 12 in the NZ system) we took a break from our diet of Dickens and Shakespeare and studied The Day of the Triffids - pretty durn radical for the time and place.

... List) ~A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell ~Honorable Mention to Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset and The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham II.Children's Lit / YA ~Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson III. Poetry ~Paradise Lost by John Milton IV. Suspense / M ...

... gory: I. 1001 Books (Old or New List) ~A Dance to the Music of Time ~Honorable Mention to Kristin Lavransdatter and The Day of the Triffids. II. Children's Lit / Y. A. ~Tarka the Otter III. Poetry ~Paradise Lost IV. Suspense / Mystery ~Beloved V. Spy (Fiction or Nonfi ...

... -- The hands down winner! A Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson --BJ

... Greene If This is a Man by Primo Levi Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham Beloved by Toni Morrison Lots of other great books read, too. :) --BJ

... Kingdom Hammond Innes 3* The Return of the Soldier Rebecca West 4* My Antonia Willa Cather 4* The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham 4* Mr Mulliner Speaking P.G. Wodehouse 4.5* Something Light Margery Sharp 4* Ice Station Zebra Alistair Ma ...

... Nagata There you go - a couple of novels by female authors kicking around on my tbr pile. :) I'm currently reading The Day of the Triffids. so I should be ready for the next book by the time it gets firmed up.

... but is worth the effort, so I will nudge that one. For your brother, I just read a scifi book that I loved called The Day of the Triffids. Another one that I recently read was The Name of the Wind, but it is really long and is part of a trilogy (and the other two books are not yet ...

... of short stories. SF -   charles stross atrocity archives   Kage Baker Gods and Pawns   Wyndam the day of the triffids..about 45 yrs late...but. Graphic stories   G. Willow Wilson Cairo   Lappe Shooting war Gen. Fiction -   Diaz the brief ...

... by Fritz Leiber is one I have on my shelves to read...it's more akin to A Canticle for Liebowitz in its setting than Triffids, but it could simply be too much too soon...? I'll always second Jo Walton's Farthing because I love the series, and Inspector Carmichael, so much.

... reasonable and if you aren't too picky about quality the price is often a dollar or two. I got both The Trial and The Day of the Triffids for one dollar. Triffids was totally clean with not more than one set of eye-marks. The Trial had some notes penciled in until the previous reader ...

... Gothic book-passions. 'Nuff said. My Lucky Star by Joe Keenan--because sometimes ya just need ta yuk it up. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham--post-apocalyptic tale that's scarily apropos 58 years on. Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber--lush, luscious ...

... If the author didn't care about the reading experience, I didn't care to exert the effort. On the other hand, we read The Day of the Triffids, which was one of the best books I read all year. Makes me want to read The Midwich Cuckoos.

I liked Day of the Triffids, but I was actually disappointed with Fahrenheit 451. I felt like once I knew what it was about, reading the story didn't really add anything. I'll be interested to hear what you think about it! I should really read The Handmaid's Tale someday....

I'll start with Brave New World and then The Day of the Triffids because they are both on the 1001 list anyway. If I enjoy The Day of the Triffids I think quite a few of John Wydham's books may fit this category so I may read another of his. I haven't read The Handmaid's Tale or Fahrenhei ...

Hey, all, are you aware that Day of the Triffids is the book under discussion in Group Reads- Sci-fi? Come on over and make some comments! (If someone wants to tell me how to make a link, I will do it.)

Knocked out the 62nd book in one day-- it was The Day of the Triffids. Quite good. It's incredible to think that this was the one book which almost singlehandedly created the horror/post-apocalyptic genre, all by itself. Furthermore, it's one of those science fiction books which was clearly ...

... it out. I'm not sure there's any figuring out to be done. It comes across as an exercise in the absurd. Just finished The Day of the Triffids for the SF group read. What a wonderful book. Lots to ponder in such a well presented, tight story. I really liked Wyndham's understated style with ...

On my travels I picked up a book: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham for an LT group read. Finished it, and was completely awed that this is a fifty-seven year old book. One of the central conceits, that the vast majority of Earthlings go blind from staring at a gorgeous and unexpected ...

... from the read. Please to post opines so I can determine the buy-ability of said book? Recent addition to library: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. ETA: And how dumb am I, my sainted aunt gave me a book she got from Harlequin that's been a pleasure to read...Murder at Pli ...

... colorful Fall can be; now if only I hadn't been required to do those 11-hour drives.... I read The Mists of Avalon and The day of the Triffids for LT group reads. I also read The Picture of Dorian Gray for my RL book circle. I will file reports as soon as I can.

... all came together at the end. It could, however, have been a little bit shorter! The second book for this category was The Day of the Triffids. I had not realized that this was a book when I saw the movie long years ago. (I don't really read that much SciFi.) I have always wanted to see ...

... would not like the ending. However, the events came to a rapid close at the end and I did like the ending after all. 62. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I saw this movie over 30 years ago, and I have always wanted to see it again. However, it never seems to come on tv. I look over ...

... one for the Pro & Con (Religion) group read. I'm currently reading David Copperfield while awaiting the arrival of The Day of the Triffids for the SF group read and The Trial for part two of the Group Reads - Literature group.

I finished The Day of the Triffids, which I loved. Now, I am reading The Trial. I am enjoying this one, too. --BJ

I voted for The Day of the Triffids, and I live in Oklahoma. I could not find the book locally. However, I knew that I wanted to read it so I ordered it before the vote was finished. --BJ

... for Farthing, as was that of the person on Long Island. The lone vote for Hominids was in Wisconsin. And 5 votes for Day of the Triffids, in Toowoomba, Redondo Beach, Tulsa, Toronto, and Edmonton. Lola is in Toronto. Don't know where billiejean is. Bob missed the vote (nothing in North Car ...

Alien Earth by Megan Lindholm Being Human by Peter David Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham Endymion by Dan Simmons

"Valis" is a great book, whatever it's about. I'm two chapters in The day of the triffids and loving it.

... actually an obvious match for my library. Should be excellent. (Should probably get around to reading that vintage copy of Triffids my uncle gave me first. And finally push the rest of the way through Any Given Doomsday).

I'll have to drop into Waterstone's one lunchtime this week. Happily, Penguin have recently published a new edition of The Day of the Triffids, so it's easily obtainable.

Use this to discuss The Day of the Triffids.

I am just about to start The Day of the Triffids. I have been wanting to see this movie for a long time (I did see it years ago), but I never see it listed on tv. So now I have the book. :) Yesterday, I finally finished Bleak House. --BJ

#86 Lola, I think I agree with #84 ronincats clarification and view of the vote, i.e., that The Day of the Triffids won. I don't think Bob's vote would change the end result, it would just have made it a little closer. #87 no problem

Bumping to D-Books. First choices still go to Day of the Triffids and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. I also really liked Don Quixote...not sure why I didn't list it last time. I also read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? since my last post, and liked it as well...quite ...

... year's recommendation of At the Mountains of Madness and anything else H.P. Lovecraft. Oh! and how could I forget The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos? If you're a sci-fi/horror fan, these two classics are definitely worth checking out.

#78 geneg, what causes the unmapped people? I don't favor either Farthing or Day of the Triffids, but with so few people voting, if actual number of voters is 15 as the map records, instead of 18 as the number of votes indicate, it means there are three inadvertent double votes. In the event ...

... It looks like a trip to Waterstone's will be needed next week. Happily, Penguin have just bought out a new edition of The Day of the Triffids, so it won't be hard to find.

Well, as most of you have surmised, the winner is The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.

>75 I see a flag/balloon for The Day of the Triffids at Toronto. Is that yours?

#69 What do you mean by 14 pins on the map? --BJ ETA Did The Day of the Triffids win?

Well, I've put a call in to the Central Library to send a copy of The Day of the Triffids out to my branch library. It will be interesting to re-read after 30 or more years. And it should be a quick read.

As Seen on British TV 1. The Day of The Triffids 2. Chocky 3. The Killings at Badger's Drift 4. When the Tripods Came 5. Cranford 6. 7. 8. 9.

Researching our choices--what a great sounding group of books! I've only read The Day of the Triffids, but that was at least 30 years ago. I have both A Fire Upon the Deep and Snow Crash in my TBR pile, and downloaded Farthing when it was available this summer electronically. And I've never ...

... -- after all there is super slow super saver shipping! I ordered The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse and The Day of the Triffids. My husband thought those were two odd titles. But who could resist? --BJ

Blackdog, great review! So if you haven't read (or not for a long while) John Wyndham's Day of the Triffids or The Midwich Cuckoos--check them out. You'll love them, and will also recognize the film adaptations which fall somewhat short of expectations.

Some SF Greats 1. The Time Machine by H.G.Wells 2. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 3. Day of the Triffids by John Wyndom 4. Solaris by Stanislaw Lem 5. The Drowned World by JG Ballard 6. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K DIck 7. Her Smoke Ros ...

... Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (2) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (3) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (3) Farthing by Jo Walton (4)

... Weber Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer (2) Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (2) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (3) The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (3) Farthing by Jo Walton (4)

... that I don't know enough to nominate a book, I find that I want to nominate one after all. So yes, I second or third The Day of the Triffids. --BJ

... Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (2) Black Man aka Thirteen by Richard Morgan -- (2) Cities in Flight by James Blish The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (2) (that is, if I'm correct in interpreting that billiejean was 2nding the Triffids nomination--correct me if I'm wrong)

I haven't read The Day of the Triffids yet and have been wanting to since seeing it in the 1001 books book. I saw the movie, or a movie with the same name, long years ago and have been wanting to see it again. :) --BJ

... trike> 3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy 5. Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 6.Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 7.The Giver by Lois Lowry 8. We by Yevg ...

#31 From my classics batch, I was going to read John Wyndham's "The day of the triffids" next. I don't know if there's any point in suggesting it if everyone else has read it...

Bumping to W-Authors: John Wyndham. Every one of his 1001 list books are great: Chocky, The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos. Classic sciece fiction with a very subtle sense of humor. -- M1001

... The Gap Into Ruin by Stephen R. Donaldson Black Sunday by Thomas Harris Bad Monday by Annette Roome The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

... to be happy about my slowing in requesting books. I just got two today: an internat'l BookMooch from Australia: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I got this book because it's on the 1001 book list... or at least it was, I don't know if it's on the new one or not. from PBS: ...

... ecraft Brave New World - Huxley Canticle of Leibowitz - Miller Cat's Cradle - Vonnegut Childhood's End - Clarke Day of the Triffids - Wyndham Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Dick Dune - Herbert Fahrenheit 451 - Bradbury Forever War - Haldeman Foundation - Asimov ...

... Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells When The Sleeper Wakes - H. G. Wells The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham The Kraken Wakes - John Wyndham Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny

Also reading my first McDevitt, A Talent for War and The Day of the Triffids. #12 I see you have read Earth Abides. What did you think of it? There are a number of post apocalyptic(?) titles. Any others you recommend?

... Beach by Nevil Shute - Way Station by Clifford D. Simak - When The Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells - Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham - Graybeard by Brian W. Aldiss - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury - The Dream Master by roger Zelazny

... Beach by Nevil Shute - Way Station by Clifford D. Simak - When The Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells - Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham - Graybeard by Brian W. Aldiss

... : Samuel R. Delany Treason : Orson Scott Card Rainbow’s End : Vernor Vinge The Parafaith War : L. E. Modesitt The Day of the Triffids : John Wyndham Foundation : Isaac Asimov Fahrenheit 451 : Ray Bradbury 2001: A Space Odyssey : Arthur C. Clarke Dune : Frank Herbert Ti ...

Here's mine. In date order. John Wyndham - Day Of The Triffids (1951) Clifford D. Simak - City (1952) Fred Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth - The Space Merchants (1953) Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End (1953) Poul Anderson - Brain Wave (1954) Jack Vance - ...

... - Earth Abides Ray Bradbury - The Martian Chronicles Robert A. Heinlein - The Puppet Masters John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids Bernard Wolfe - Limbo Alfred Bester - The Demolished Man Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 Arthur C. Clarke - Childhood's End Charles L. ...

... Mistress (#74, December) are all teed up thus far. I hope A Canticle for Liebowitz, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Day of the Triffids follow next year, although if they're already recycling the previously published hardbacks, one does wonder how Orion is going to struggle to SF Mast ...

... write it off and fill that space. Sorry, but i thought some tough love was required there. Let's see: Catseye Day of the Triffids The Maker Of Universes A Princess of Mars Tarzan Bug Wars Doomtime Sos the Rope Ender's Game The Grey King A Wizard Of Earthsea ...

... . 8. Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset. (From the 2nd Edition) Bonus: Bleak House by Charles Dickens; The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham; The Trial by Franz Kafka; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. Well, this category is ...

... House of Shepher in Jerusalem with a few other Early Reviewers, and I am also avoiding deadly walking plants in London on The Day of the Triffids.

#98 - I agree re Earth Abides. What makes this and Day of the Triffids (and other successful fiction in this genre) so good is that they contain recognisable people with whom most readers can identify. Whereas I didn't get on too well with Canticle for Leibowitz as there were too few ...

George R Stewart's Earth Abides is pretty much the ultimate apocalyptic SF The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham almost matches it then The Kraken Wakes Night of the Triffids was fun once I got past the naff cover, though it's Day of the Triffids - the Next Gen rather than an ...

... "What the friggin' heck is wrong with you, pointing a loaded gun at me...it's only a game!!" And then I would say: Day of the Triffids John Wyndham writes great scifi stories with just the right touch of dry English humor. Speaking of dry English humor, my number two choice would ...

... A couple of the stories were okay. I'll go with one of my favorite scifi authors, and a book well worth reading: The Day of the Triffids -- M1001

... it was so simplistic – but real life was getting to me last week, so simplistic wasn't so bad. And now I'm reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. So far, so good.

First lines must make an impact, how long did that take? Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle the first in the series. The Day of the Triffids Both right on the first two posts.

The second one is from Day of the Triffids I think, not sure on the first one though. I think because my mind is full of John Wyndham at the moment. First line from one of his books that I'm reading. "One of the luckiest accidents in my wife's life is that she happened to marry a man who ...

No John Wyndham? Where's The Day of the Triffids or The Midwich Cuckoos? Agree with LamSon that the lack of a Ray Bradbury novel on the list is an oversight too. Although I haven't read it, my father, who loves his 1950s scifi, recommended a book to me by Fred Hoyle called The Black ...

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham is classic science fiction that shouldn't raise anyone's hackles.

#123 that's an oldie, The Day of the Triffids. Here's one from one of my favorite books, which has been discussed on LT: "Always remember that they come from the desert."

Kambrogi - glad you liked The Day of the Triffids. Science fiction only works for me when it is 'logical' and perhaps moralistically styled. I am not one for the more fantasy based sort of Sci Fi. Perhaps shows my lack of imagination. I also loved H.G. Wells as a child and read through his ...

I have just finished The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndman which is an excellent dystopian novel written in 1951 and which cleverly predicts the Cold War, feminism, ecological warfare, and ecological catastrophe. I really enjoyed it. I remember seeing the VERY second rate movie - which ...

20. The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham. Possibly nothing more needs to be said of this well-known superlative classic, published in 1951 and relevant today as it predicts some of the global issues we have faced since the book was written - the Cold War, ecological disasters, role of ...

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub, The Throwback by Tom Sharpe and The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham. I have to buy multiple copies as they fall apart.

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

Hi I'm glad you liked Web, I'm a big Wyndham fan and this one isn't well known. Most people say oh The Day of the Triffids or The Midwich Cuckoos when you mention the author. As recommendations for horror how about James Herbert. Some of his earlier works might indeed rot your brain, ...

... the dryads be happy among the Fangorn trees? Chlorofiend sounds like first cousin to Triffid Weed (John Wyndham: Day of the Triffids); we have that here, and it's one of our worst weeds.

If you like The Day of the Triffids I would recommend A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.. A classis post apocalyptic. More contemporary science fiction I've enjoyed lately: Metropolitan by Walter Williams. The Wess'har Wars series by Karen Traviss. Carnival ...

... Or maybe being a reader I am literocentric in my ideas of what is important. I liked the initial regrouping portrayed in The day of the triffids. I was intrigued (if unconvinced) by the long term societal change of The Gate to Women's Country and The Sea and Summer. Even pseudo sci-fi ...

... twice, just shows me that there's a lot of regard for a particular title. I've read a couple of the ones suggested, like The Day of the Triffids which just goes to show that we're on the right track. I also have The Time Machine on order so I'll be picking that up and reading it soon. I ...

Here's the short list of post-apocalyptic settings ; Make Room, Make Room by Harry Harrison Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham On The Beach by Nevil Shute Under Pressure (The Dragon in the Sea) by Frank Herbert

> 51 The BBC version of The Day of the Triffids I had no idea they did one. Do you if the was the one released in 2007? My library system has a copy of that (but it's out now). If that's it and you think it does the book justice I'd love to see it. I'd also add Jaws to the list. It ...

The Maltese Falcon with Bogart. The BBC version of The Day of the Triffids In the Heat of the Night They Were Expendable a WWII propiganda film starring John Wayne. Somehow they stayed very close to the non-fiction book but stopped the movie just before Japanese aircraft destroyed ...

... for a while, but quickly moved onto classic Gothic horror, sci-fi and modern classics such as Dracula, Frankenstein, The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos, The Great Gatsby, Animal Farm etc. I've always had quite eclectic tastes, even from a very young age, and continue to ...

... by Oscar Wilde 92. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe 93. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham 94. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 95. We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

... to the ones above. This year, my favorite author that I had never read is John Wyndham. I read The Midwich Cuckoos, The Day of the Triffids and Chocky, and liked all of them very much. -- M1001

48. The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

... I do remember reading: Romeo and Juliet x2 Macbeth King Lear Haroun and the Sea of Stories A Wizard of Earthsea Day of the Triffids Goodnight, Mister Tom (on which I wrote my first 'essay' and failed dismally - it would have helped to know what was expected from an essay) ... u ...

... so that's stuck in my head) but for post-apocalyptic (dystopian) reads you could try John Wyndham's The Chrysalids or The Day of the Triffids. They're old, but still good.

The nostalgia of remembering old reads:-) I think the Day of the Triffids recommendations is a good one. It may not be YA, but I remember reading it in my early teens, and I really liked it. On the Beach is also an adult book that could be read by teens, but I am not sure it will be properly ...

... discoveries since I started reading the 1001 list. Midwich Cuckoos is great and you should also check out Chocky and Day of the Triffids. All of them are great stories. Message 62 (AllieW): Thanks for the opinion on Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley. I haven't read it yet, but Brave ...

I would add: The Phantom Tollbooth because I loved the play on words. The Day of the Triffids and The War of the Worlds because they satisfied my dark and cynical side as a teen. Add Frankenstein, but it was already mentioned. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes because, um, it's Sherlock ...

... Dune by Frank Herbert The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham **Edited for BLEEPING touchstones! Who's been diddling them anyway! There's NO excuse for the touchstone for Fahrenheit 451 to ...

... the Conciliator. Since it is part of a series it might not be a good idea as a shared read, though. John Wyndham The Day of the Triffids - flesh eating plants and biological warfare, oh my:-) It sdosn't get more classic than Jules Verne, does it? James H. Schmitz - all I ...

... think you are right that it probably costs too much to get the rights for an Asimov book as well. If you look at the range Day Of The Triffids was (and still is) published by Penguin but that appears in the list.

The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka A Threshing Day by H E Bates The Fallow Land by H E Bates The Corn is Green by Emlyn Williams

We were asked to study The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham in early high school and that book captured my imagination completely - still on my list of favourites.

... books that have been constantly in print for a while now, and which have had big budget TV/films made of them. Dune and The Day Of The Triffids. Ursula Le Guin is likely to be remembered, although it may be more for the Earthsea novels than the serious SF. Similarly Octavia Butler will be ...

... by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer “The Disappearance” by Philip Wylie and Robert Silverberg “The Day of the Triffids” and “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham "Damnation Alley" by Roger Zelazny “Revelations” by Clive Barker, et al “Ba ...

... die out but the new humans will build a new society. This was viewpoint Wyndham espoused in a few novels. If you look at The Day of the Triffids, the sighted have to leave (most of) the blind to die, because it is up to them to survive.

... horror, but it's great stuff. Good atmosphere, interesting monster(s), memorable scenes. I've never really thought about Day of the Triffids as horror, but you're so right. The Triffids are really terrifying - relentless, numerically superior, smart enough to take advantage of humanity's ...

... on the SF Masterworks list but I would put 5 or so of them there on merit. However they are not all OOP - I think The Day Of The Triffids has had umpteen imprints by Penguin and still sells well for them. I don't think either list is particularly comprehensive - I can think of ...

My favourite horror novel is John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, about the end of the world, and our replacement as the dominant species on the planet by walking carnivous plants. Written about fifty years ago, it is still relevant today, and as scary as all hell, because it is believable. ...

... for me and Süskind a repeated re-read, and I loved all three books. I am now either moving on to John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids or Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from the Underground. Haven't decided yet.

... K. Le Guin, which jumped right up to being one of my favorite works of science fiction the moment I finished it. Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, which is a psuedo-classic of sorts, though has become a little dated. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, ...

... up as much as possible and science fiction goes quick. It started with Lathe of Heaven and has now continued to Day of the Triffids. Hopefully I'll finish that one today and move on to Kurt Vonnegut' s Player Piano, followed by Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth and I Must Sc ...