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The Day of the Triffids

Author	: John Wyndham
Publisher	: Modern Library
Release Date	: 2022-04-19
ISBN	: 0593450094
Pages	: 257 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Day of the Triffids written by John Wyndham and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The influential masterpiece of one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant—and neglected—science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.” “[Wyndham] avoids easy allegories and instead questions the relative values of the civilisation that has been lost, the literally blind terror of humanity in the face of dominant nature. . . . Frightening and powerful, Wyndham’s vision remains an important allegory and a gripping story.”—The Guardian What if a meteor shower left most of the world blind—and humanity at the mercy of mysterious carnivorous plants? Bill Masen undergoes eye surgery and awakes the next morning in his hospital bed to find civilization collapsing. Wandering the city, he quickly realizes that surviving in this strange new world requires evading strangers and the seven-foot-tall plants known as triffids—plants that can walk and can kill a man with one quick lash of their poisonous stingers.

The Day of the Triffids

Author	: John Wyndham
Publisher	: Evans Brothers
Release Date	: 2003
ISBN	: 9780237525361
Pages	: 52 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book The Day of the Triffids written by John Wyndham and published by Evans Brothers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of a series that presents retold, shortened versions of classic novels that are suitable for children working at Key Stages Two and Three. The stories are retold so as to lose none of the strength and character of the originals.

The Day of the Triffids

Author	: John Wyndham
Publisher	: National Geographic Books
Release Date	: 2017-02-28
ISBN	: 0241284678
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The Day of the Triffids written by John Wyndham and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning new clothbound edition of one of the most famous science-fiction novels of the twentieth century, designed by the acclaimed Coralie-Bickford Smith. When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day...

Modern Classics Day of the Triffids

Author	: John Wyndham
Publisher	: National Geographic Books
Release Date	: 2001-03-06
ISBN	: 0141185414
Pages	: 0 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Modern Classics Day of the Triffids written by John Wyndham and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2001-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bill Masen wakes up blindfolded in hospital there is a bitter irony in his situation. Carefully removing his bandages, he realizes that he is the only person who can see: everyone else, doctors and patients alike, have been blinded by a meteor shower. Now, with civilization in chaos, the triffids - huge, venomous, large-rooted plants able to 'walk', feeding on human flesh - can have their day. The Day of the Triffids, published in 1951, expresses many of the political concerns of its time: the Cold War, the fear of biological experimentation and the man-made apocalypse. However, with its terrifyingly believable insights into the genetic modification of plants, the book is more relevant today than ever before. John Wyndham was born in 1903. After a wide experience of the English preparatory school he was at Bedales from 1918 to 1921. Careers which he tried included farming, law, commercial art, and advertising, and he first started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925. During the war he was in the Civil Service and afterwards in the Army. In 1946 he began writing his major science fiction novels including "The Kraken Wakes", "The Chrysalids" and "The Midwich Cuckoos".

The Day of the Triffids

Author	: John Wyndham
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1953
ISBN	:
Pages	: 302 pages
Rating	: 4.:/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Day of the Triffids written by John Wyndham and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plants in Science Fiction

Author	: Katherine E. Bishop
Publisher	: University of Wales Press
Release Date	: 2020-05-01
ISBN	: 1786835606
Pages	: 274 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Plants in Science Fiction written by Katherine E. Bishop and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plants have played key roles in science fiction novels, graphic novels and film. John Wyndham’s triffids, Algernon Blackwood’s willows and Han Kang’s sprouting woman are just a few examples. Plants surround us, sustain us, pique our imaginations and inhabit our metaphors – but in many ways they remain opaque. The scope of their alienation is as broad as their biodiversity. And yet, literary reflections of plant-life are driven, as are many threads of science fictional inquiry, by the concerns of today. Plants in Science Fiction is the first-ever collected volume on plants in science fiction, and its original essays argue that plant-life in SF is transforming our attitudes toward morality, politics, economics and cultural life at large – questioning and shifting our understandings of institutions, nations, borders and boundaries; erecting and dismantling new visions of utopian and dystopian futures.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Author	: Gary Westfahl
Publisher	: Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date	: 2005
ISBN	: 9780313329531
Pages	: 520 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy written by Gary Westfahl and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive three-volume reference work offers six hundred entries, with the first two volumes covering themes and the third volume exploring two hundred classic works in literature, television, and film.

Nelson English - Development Book 4

Author	: John Jackman
Publisher	: Nelson Thornes
Release Date	: 2014-11
ISBN	: 9780174245353
Pages	: 84 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Nelson English - Development Book 4 written by John Jackman and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is part of a six-level English course (foundation-level to level five) for pupils between five and 12-years-old. The course employs a twin-track structure that enables teachers to underpin students' language development with a rigorous skills programme. There are two pupil's books at each level: a skills book, covering comprehension (with emphasis on literal), grammar, punctuation, vocabulary and spelling; and a development book, covering comprehension (with emphasis on inferential), the craft of quality writing, forms of writing, styles of writing and composition skills. Each level also has a teacher's resource book which supports both tracks, includes photocopiable activity sheets and correlations for all UK curricula, suggests strategies for developing listening and speaking skills, and helps support record-keeping and assessment.

Heritage Americana Grand Format Auction Catalog #629

Author	: Ivy Press
Publisher	: Heritage Capital Corporation
Release Date	: 2006-09
ISBN	: 9781599670829
Pages	: 412 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Heritage Americana Grand Format Auction Catalog #629 written by Ivy Press and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Night of the Triffids

Author	: Simon Clark
Publisher	: Rosetta Books
Release Date	: 2014-05-15
ISBN	: 0795339453
Pages	: 410 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Night of the Triffids written by Simon Clark and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to John Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic horror classic The Day of the Triffids: “An action-filled tale that captures the spirit of the original story” (Library Journal). Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel In The Day of the Triffids, Bill Masen escapes with his family to a colony on the Isle of Wight after a meteor shower blinds most of the human race and the deadly Triffid plants begin to take over the world. Now the story continues, more than twenty-five years later, as pilot David Masen, Bill’s son, travels in search of an effective weapon against the Triffids. In New York City, he discovers a group of people who appear to be immune to the Triffids’ deadly poison. But all is not as it seems in this colony, and soon David must face a dangerous adversary from his family’s past . . . “Brisk and engaging . . . This crafty continuation is elegant in its construction . . . A truly enjoyable voyage.” —Publishers Weekly

The Day of the Triffids. (3. Impr.) - London: Joseph (1958). 302 S. 8°

Author	: John Wyndham
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1958
ISBN	:
Pages	: 302 pages
Rating	: 4.:/5 (226 download)

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Download or read book The Day of the Triffids. (3. Impr.) - London: Joseph (1958). 302 S. 8° written by John Wyndham and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Language of Plants

Author	: Monica Gagliano
Publisher	: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date	: 2017-04-25
ISBN	: 1452954127
Pages	: 352 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book The Language of Plants written by Monica Gagliano and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighteenth-century naturalist Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) argued that plants are animate, living beings and attributed them sensation, movement, and a certain degree of mental activity, emphasizing the continuity between humankind and plant existence. Two centuries later, the understanding of plants as active and communicative organisms has reemerged in such diverse fields as plant neurobiology, philosophical posthumanism, and ecocriticism. The Language of Plants brings together groundbreaking essays from across the disciplines to foster a dialogue between the biological sciences and the humanities and to reconsider our relation to the vegetal world in new ethical and political terms. Viewing plants as sophisticated information-processing organisms with complex communication strategies (they can sense and respond to environmental cues and play an active role in their own survival and reproduction through chemical languages) radically transforms our notion of plants as unresponsive beings, ready to be instrumentally appropriated. By providing multifaceted understandings of plants, informed by the latest developments in evolutionary ecology, the philosophy of biology, and ecocritical theory, The Language of Plants promotes the freedom of imagination necessary for a new ecological awareness and more sustainable interactions with diverse life forms. Contributors: Joni Adamson, Arizona State U; Nancy E. Baker, Sarah Lawrence College; Karen L. F. Houle, U of Guelph; Luce Irigaray, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; Erin James, U of Idaho; Richard Karban, U of California at Davis; André Kessler, Cornell U; Isabel Kranz, U of Vienna; Michael Marder, U of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU); Timothy Morton, Rice U; Christian Nansen, U of California at Davis; Robert A. Raguso, Cornell U; Catriona Sandilands, York U.

Fantastic Voyages

Author	: Leroy W. Dubeck
Publisher	: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date	: 1994
ISBN	: 9781563961953
Pages	: 348 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Fantastic Voyages written by Leroy W. Dubeck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1994 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the facts behind the fiction, establishing a novel approach to teaching science.

Dystopian States of America: Apocalyptic Visions and Warnings in Literature and Film

Author	: Matthew B. Hill
Publisher	: ABC-CLIO
Release Date	: 2022-09-13
ISBN	: 1440873399
Pages	: 393 pages
Rating	: 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Dystopian States of America: Apocalyptic Visions and Warnings in Literature and Film written by Matthew B. Hill and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dystopian States of America provides students and researchers with an illuminating resource for understanding the impact and relevance of dystopian and apocalyptic works in contemporary American culture. Through its wide survey of dystopian works in numerous forms and genres, the book encourages readers to connect with these works of fiction and understand how the catastrophically grim or disquieting worlds they portray offer insights into our own current situation. In addition to providing more than 150 encyclopedia articles on a large and representative sample of dystopian/apocalyptic narratives in fiction, film, television, and video games (including popular works that often escape critical inquiry), Dystopian States of America features a suite of critical essays on five themes—war, pandemics, totalitarianism, environmental calamity, and technological overreach—that serve as the foundation for most dystopian worlds of the imagination. These offerings complement one another, enabling readers to explore dystopian conceptions of America and the world from multiple perspectives and vantage points.

Plant Horror

Author	: Dawn Keetley
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2016-12-21
ISBN	: 1137570636
Pages	: 278 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Plant Horror written by Dawn Keetley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores artistic representations of vegetal life that imperil human life, voicing anxieties about our relationship to other life forms with which we share the earth. From medieval manuscript illustrations to modern works of science fiction and horror, plants that manifest monstrous agency defy human control, challenge anthropocentric perception, and exact a violent vengeance for our blind and exploitative practices. Plant Horror explores how depictions of monster plants reveal concerns about the viability of our prevailing belief systems and dominant ideologies— as well as a deep-seated fear about human vulnerability in an era of deepening ecological crisis. Films discussed include The Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Wicker Man, Swamp Thing, and The Happening.

Science Fiction, Ethics and the Human Condition

Author	: Christian Baron
Publisher	: Springer
Release Date	: 2017-07-10
ISBN	: 331956577X
Pages	: 246 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction, Ethics and the Human Condition written by Christian Baron and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what science fiction can tell us about the human condition in a technological world, with the ethical dilemmas and consequences that this entails. This book is the result of the joint efforts of scholars and scientists from various disciplines. This interdisciplinary approach sets an example for those who, like us, have been busy assessing the ways in which fictional attempts to fathom the possibilities of science and technology speak to central concerns about what it means to be human in a contemporary world of technology and which ethical dilemmas it brings along. One of the aims of this book is to demonstrate what can be achieved in approaching science fiction as a kind of imaginary laboratory for experimentation, where visions of human (or even post-human) life under various scientific, technological or natural conditions that differ from our own situation can be thought through and commented upon. Although a scholarly work, this book is also designed to be accessible to a general audience that has an interest in science fiction, as well as to a broader academic audience interested in ethical questions.

The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters

Author	: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2016-04-01
ISBN	: 1317044266
Pages	: 640 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters written by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From vampires and demons to ghosts and zombies, interest in monsters in literature, film, and popular culture has never been stronger. This concise Encyclopedia provides scholars and students with a comprehensive and authoritative A-Z of monsters throughout the ages. It is the first major reference book on monsters for the scholarly market. Over 200 entries written by experts in the field are accompanied by an overview introduction by the editor. Generic entries such as 'ghost' and 'vampire' are cross-listed with important specific manifestations of that monster. In addition to monsters appearing in English-language literature and film, the Encyclopedia also includes significant monsters in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, African and Middle Eastern traditions. Alphabetically organized, the entries each feature suggestions for further reading. The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars and an essential addition to library reference shelves.