The Day of the Triffids (1951)

19512h 56mEnglandscience fictionpost-apocalyptic fiction
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The Day of the Triffids is a 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by the English science fiction author John Wyndham. After most people in the world are blinded by an apparent meteor shower, an aggressive species of plant starts killing people. Although Wyndham had already published other novels using other pen name combinations drawn from his real name, this was his first novel published as "John Wyndham".

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