A sighted man navigates civilization’s collapse after a blinding catastrophe, facing deadly walking plants and fragile new societies.
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A sighted man navigates civilization’s collapse after a blinding catastrophe, facing deadly walking plants and fragile new societies.
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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: t...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Developing couple relationship; attraction and partnership; fade-to-black intimacy
Violence & gore
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Triffid stings and deaths; mass casualties; plague; corpses; plant attacks on humans
Profanity
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Rare mild period language; generally clean prose
Substance use
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Social drinking and scavenged alcohol during the collapse
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes present
Religious content
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Passing faith references; one group holds strict Christian moral views
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Cold War fears, bio-weapons, social rebuild debates, hierarchy and control
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicides and despair among the newly blinded discussed and depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Coerced labor of the sighted; mass suffering; exploitative survival arrangements
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