Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780141185415
Edition: New edition
ISBN: 0141185414
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: February 22, 2001
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics

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Rating: - BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
Before this i would mainly read fantasy novels. I am studying English at A level and had to pick a non fantasy novel to do. And there isn't a better book to pick. Brilliantly written, great story line and all around superb! Would recomend to any one. I was hooked from the very first page and couldn't put it down. Wyndham draws you deep into the novel and keeps you wanting more even after the last page. BUY THIS BOOK!!!!

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Rating: - Not as good as I hoped
I always remember the TV adaptation terrifying me when I was a kid so I was really looking forward to reading the original book. The actual idea of killer plants is a very good concept and genuinely scary, but the story itself I found disappointingly slow to the point where I began to get quite bored, everything seemed to plod along at a monotonous pace and I ended up feeling quite underwhelmed by the book, which is a pity as the premise of the story is a good one.

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Rating: - Literally an impressionable novel
I don't know what drew me to write about this novel as I read it years ago, but while I do a fair bit of reading I often forget what I've read, but most definately not in this case. I still have vivid images of London falling to pieces as it becomes uninhabited. I found it quite scary, in a way and it certainly presented a lot of food for thought. I would recommend it as a novel that stands out.

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Rating: - An excellent adaptation.
I was raised listening to the dramatizations of plays and novels broadcast on Radio 4, and so I can spot a good one when I hear it - and `The Day Of The Triffids' is definitely one of those. You can head over to the reviews of the book if you want a critique of the story, so I'm going to focus on the more technical aspects of the radio play itself.

I've always been a fan of the book, and you'll be pleased to know that this adaptation stays almost entirely faithful. The only changes made ... Read More

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Rating: - Just Brilliant
Academics have written enough about this novel to fill an entire shelf at least, and that is perhaps not a good thing since it tends to detract from the fact that this is a marvellously entertaining and thought-provoking work, maybe the single best British SF novel of the Twentieth Century.
For those not in the know, triffids are genetically engineered six foot mobile plants whose main stalk ends in a trumpetlike `flower' from which a prehensile stinger can lash out. The stinger contains venom ... Read More

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