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The Night of the Triffids
by
Simon Clark
At the end of The Day of the Triffids, the hero, Bill Masen, his wife, and four-year-old son leave the British mainland to join a new colony on the Isle of Wight. The Night of the Triffidstakes up the story 25 years later. David Masen, the now grown-up son of Bill, is a pilot, still searching for a method of destroying the implacable triffid plant as it continues its world...more
Paperback, 469 pages
Published
October 1st 2001
by Hodder & Stoughton
(first published 2001)
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Written exactly fifty years after the release of John Wyndham's classic post-apocalyptic novel "Day Of The Triffids", the British horror writer Simon Clark brings you a sequel to the modern classic with "Night Of The Triffids".
The novel starts off mirroring that of Wyndham's book, throwing the reader into a now all too familiar sense of disorientation, with the first person perspective of David Mason (the now grown-up son of Bill Mason) seemingly waking up to a world of darkness. Clark from her...more
The novel starts off mirroring that of Wyndham's book, throwing the reader into a now all too familiar sense of disorientation, with the first person perspective of David Mason (the now grown-up son of Bill Mason) seemingly waking up to a world of darkness. Clark from her...more
In light of the favorable comments concerning this execrable pulp novel I feel compelled to write a critique even though I have not read the book for many years and do not intend ever reading it again.
To underline a point that will be obvious to anyone who has read the the original: John Wyndham's 'The day of the Triffids' is not (contrary to the titular implication) about Triffids. The Monster plants are a McGuffin and play a distant secondary role to the main trope of disintegration/fragility...more
To underline a point that will be obvious to anyone who has read the the original: John Wyndham's 'The day of the Triffids' is not (contrary to the titular implication) about Triffids. The Monster plants are a McGuffin and play a distant secondary role to the main trope of disintegration/fragility...more
Clark does a pretty good job of maintaining the style of John Wyndham - it's not difficult to go straight from Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids to Night of the Triffids.
There are a few anachronisms - surprisingly more than in the original book, which you'd expect to be more dated. How on Earth can a Post-apocalyptic society, which doesn't even have a stable energy supply, develop reproductive technology that's not only decades ahead of what was possible at the time of Day of the Triffids, but...more
There are a few anachronisms - surprisingly more than in the original book, which you'd expect to be more dated. How on Earth can a Post-apocalyptic society, which doesn't even have a stable energy supply, develop reproductive technology that's not only decades ahead of what was possible at the time of Day of the Triffids, but...more
It wasn't awful but it wasn't great either. Unfortunately (and this is equally Wyndham's fault) you should never name your maniacal mega-villain 'Torrence'. It's just way too hard to take a villain named 'Torrence' seriously. Also, Simon Clark was trying much too hard to make everything all nice for people at the end, thus taking out all the social commentary that Wyndham is trying to make with the original book. Also, Clark has succeeded in taking the apocalypse out of the whole thing, which pr...more
A really good book.
Simon Clark really captured the spirit of the original book. There is a definite feel that this is a natural continuation of The Day of the Triffids. It feels like it could have been written by the same author.
You only have to compare the faithfulness of this book, to the bizarre departure taken by the BBC TV series (the one starring Dougray Scott and Eddie Izzard) to see how things could easily have gone awry.
I recommend it to Wyndham/Triffid fans.
Simon Clark really captured the spirit of the original book. There is a definite feel that this is a natural continuation of The Day of the Triffids. It feels like it could have been written by the same author.
You only have to compare the faithfulness of this book, to the bizarre departure taken by the BBC TV series (the one starring Dougray Scott and Eddie Izzard) to see how things could easily have gone awry.
I recommend it to Wyndham/Triffid fans.
May 26, 2011
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The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark [Audio book]
Testing audio books can be quite enjoyable. I started this one not even paying attention to what type or who wrote the book.
Next thing I knew I was stopping to listen and could not walk away. Any book that can cause me to sit and not work while listening gets a 5 star rating.
Science fiction all the way this book is excellent. Will I tell you more of the plot no! I wou...more
http://fh-whatnot.blogspot.com/2011/0...
The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark [Audio book]
Testing audio books can be quite enjoyable. I started this one not even paying attention to what type or who wrote the book.
Next thing I knew I was stopping to listen and could not walk away. Any book that can cause me to sit and not work while listening gets a 5 star rating.
Science fiction all the way this book is excellent. Will I tell you more of the plot no! I wou...more
I was pleasantly surprised to find myself enjoying the first half of this book, sequels to classics rarely live up to their inspiration in my experience. However, the last third of the book degenerated into a tedious comic book fire fight with an a very improbably outcome. And I don't recall if the mystery of the dark sky was resolved, maybe it was, and I skimmed over it in the last few chapters?
I started out thinking four stars, but came down to two stars by the end.
I started out thinking four stars, but came down to two stars by the end.
As much as I loved Day of the Triffids, I loved this book. It was very well narrated and a fantastic read. Much more action packed than it's prequel Day of the Triffids. It had so many exciting twists and turns that I just had to keep listening to it. Until way into the night. It's very long, but never boring.
An excellent continuation of the British SF classic. Simon Clark does a good job of capturing John Wyndham's calm, terribly English voice, whilst opening up the story onto a bigger international canvas. The fast evolving triffids remain one of fiction's most memorable monsters. Clark's ideas on how different human societies have evolved in this post-apocalyptic world are pulp yet believable.
I thought the resolution of the story was superb because it introduces a logical but still surprising twis...more
I thought the resolution of the story was superb because it introduces a logical but still surprising twis...more
Oct 25, 2012
Bronwyn
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this is a sequel to the original day of the triffids about a reappearance of the triffids, and the efforts by the son of a leading scientist and others to stop the triffids and a dictator who is ruling the helpless people of new york, and is trying to make himself master of the world
The original Triffid novel was very British. Continuing the story in America looses the original 'englishness. Didn't work to well for me. HoweverI enjoyed the continued Wyndham style of writing.
A poor second cousin to one of my favorite novels, Day of the Triffids. Simon clark tries his very best to capture the originality and magic of the original but just can't do it.
Excellent book. Has a very zombie appocalypse feel to it. What would happen if 99.9% of the world suddenly went blind? I'll give you a hint. Not good. Go read this.
brilliant sequel to Wyndham's classic and against-all-odds it manages to surpass its predecessor in suspense and thrills and almost in imagination
I've always loved Day of the Triffids but wasn't expecting much from a sequel (espec with a different author). Was pleasantly surprised by the book, liked its twists and turns but was a bit dismayed when it switched into B-Movie mode for a few chapters towards the end. All in all, it's a keeper!
I liked it a lot. It was especially good because he did such a good job of continuing the story the way I feel John Wyndham would have done.
I loved the Day of the Triffids and this is a great sequel. The original had such an open ending and it's great to see what happened to the survivors both good and bad. Great read.
Very good sequel to an original classic, well worth a read.
I think the words "faintly ridiculous" sums up this book adequately...
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A much better sequel than I expected it to be.
Никак не беше зле като за продължение от друг автор.
Но все пак първата част на Уиндам стои по-добре.
Но все пак първата част на Уиндам стои по-добре.
Quite a fun read but it did get a bit predictable towards the end
I liked this. It's well written and readable, and in a similar style to the original. However, it seems to kind of promise a wider scope than it eventually delivers, and can't quite decide if it is a chiller or a thriller. But it's moreish and should still be in print.
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Started out slow, picked up a bit, ended ok. I didn't like the explanation for the darkness at the beginning. Seemed a bit weak.
This lacks the elegance Englishness of the original novel.
A page turner!
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Born, 20th April, 1958, Simon Clark is the author of such highly regarded horror novels as Nailed By The Heart, Blood Crazy, Darker, Vampyrrhic and The Fall, while his short stories have been collected in Blood & Grit and Salt Snake & Other Bloody Cuts. He has also written prose material for the internationally famous rock band U2.
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