num_pages: 191
description: What were they--These hideous triffids roaming the ruins of the earth?Until a few short hours ago--before the sky exploded into a shower of flaming green hell--triffids had been regarded as merely a curious and profitable form of plant life. Now these shadowy vegetable creatures became a crawling, killing nightmare of pain and horror.Madness hung in the air, fear lurked in every side street, death hovered in every doorway. Stripped of civilized veneer by terror and desperation, the handful of surviving humans began to turn on each other.And all the while the triffids watched and waited...
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: 104924
places: United Kingdom, London, England
series: Triffids
awards: awardedAt: -568051200000
name: International Fantasy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Fawcett Publications