The Day of the Triffids
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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".
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I really like that different concepts of handling the situation were presented. The protagonist always functioned as a voice of reason in these scenarios, expressing what the author thinks a good person would do or think while side characters were allowed to have questionable views. All of the characters were unique, even if that's not the focus of the book. The writing is really fun and fancy and the structure of the book works well. It's interesting that the Triffids aren't the main threat for the majority of the book. Even today when there is so much media about the world ending, there is enough to make this its own experience. There were only two scenes were I thought I already know this from countless zombie movies, everything else was interesting enough to avoid that thought. After basically forgetting everything from the last book I've read by the author, I'm surprised how good this is. I thought it would be unmemorable but I don't think it is.
Warum dieser SciFi-Klassiker nur zwei lausige Sterne bekommt und mich obendrein zum Abbruch bewegt hat? Weil ich selbst in den ältesten Büchern des Genres äußerst selten an dermaßen frauenverachtende Kackscheiße wie in diesem Fall gerate und an meine Nerven denken muss. Dazu durchgehend papierblattflache Charaktere, deren Schicksal mir samt und sonders scheißegal ist, und eine Handlung, die holzschnittartiger kaum sein könnte. Das einzig halbwegs interessante und den zweiten Stern ranholende sind die Triffids, die blöderweise nur ganz weit außen am Rande vorkommen. Ich ärgere mich ernstlich um jede Minute, die ich mit diesem Mist verplempert hab.
Ein ganz starker Anfang sowie eine ausgesprochen gute Idee, die in diesem Klassiker der Science-Fiction dann auch stimmig und spannend weiter erzählt wird. Ein faszinierender Ich-Erzähler, der eine verrückte Geschichte von den Triffids zu erzählen hat, mit einem Ende, dass einem (trotz Dystopie) ein hoffnungsvolles Lächeln schenkt.
Description
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".
Book Information
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I really like that different concepts of handling the situation were presented. The protagonist always functioned as a voice of reason in these scenarios, expressing what the author thinks a good person would do or think while side characters were allowed to have questionable views. All of the characters were unique, even if that's not the focus of the book. The writing is really fun and fancy and the structure of the book works well. It's interesting that the Triffids aren't the main threat for the majority of the book. Even today when there is so much media about the world ending, there is enough to make this its own experience. There were only two scenes were I thought I already know this from countless zombie movies, everything else was interesting enough to avoid that thought. After basically forgetting everything from the last book I've read by the author, I'm surprised how good this is. I thought it would be unmemorable but I don't think it is.
Warum dieser SciFi-Klassiker nur zwei lausige Sterne bekommt und mich obendrein zum Abbruch bewegt hat? Weil ich selbst in den ältesten Büchern des Genres äußerst selten an dermaßen frauenverachtende Kackscheiße wie in diesem Fall gerate und an meine Nerven denken muss. Dazu durchgehend papierblattflache Charaktere, deren Schicksal mir samt und sonders scheißegal ist, und eine Handlung, die holzschnittartiger kaum sein könnte. Das einzig halbwegs interessante und den zweiten Stern ranholende sind die Triffids, die blöderweise nur ganz weit außen am Rande vorkommen. Ich ärgere mich ernstlich um jede Minute, die ich mit diesem Mist verplempert hab.
Ein ganz starker Anfang sowie eine ausgesprochen gute Idee, die in diesem Klassiker der Science-Fiction dann auch stimmig und spannend weiter erzählt wird. Ein faszinierender Ich-Erzähler, der eine verrückte Geschichte von den Triffids zu erzählen hat, mit einem Ende, dass einem (trotz Dystopie) ein hoffnungsvolles Lächeln schenkt.