num_pages: 191
description: The triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world. The narrator of this novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world, he has survived to witness a new world. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic and horrific.
language: English
title: The Day of the Triffids
titlecomplete: The Day of the Triffids
characters: Bill Masen, Josella Playton
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Horror, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Dystopia, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 104935
places: United Kingdom, London, England
series: Triffids
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: International Fantasy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Fawcett