 the night of the triffids is a science fiction novel by simon clark published in 2001. it is a sequel to john wyndham's the day of the triffids. clark has been commended for his success at mimicking wyndham's style, but most reviewers have not rated his creation as highly as the original 1951 work. clark's book is written in the first person and narrated by david masen, the son of wyndham's protagonist. ==plot summary== 25 years after the day of the triffids, pilot david masen has grown up on the isle of wight. as the sequel begins, a mysterious darkness falls; whereupon masen takes to the air to investigate, but crash-lands on a floating island populated by triffids. there, he meets an orphaned young girl, and the pair are subsequently rescued by an american ship and taken to manhattan island in new york city. manhattan, a secure and self-contained community like the one on the isle of wight, appears at first glance to be a utopia; but david discovers a dictatorship run by an old enemy of his father's. david and his young friend are soon being used by both the dictator and a band of rebels who oppose the dictator's tyrannical rule, while the triffids â now assuming more dangerous forms â increase their predation on humanity to compensate for the absence of sunlight. ==literary significance & criticism== comments on the night of the triffids include: :"clark scores fairly high in pastiching wyndham's style, at least." :"wyndham did hit notes of poetry and grim beauty more often than clark does" :"overall, the night of the triffids is a fine work of fiction that will keep any sci-fi/horror fan happy" :"it fails, however, in its main aim
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