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I'm a big fan of John Wyndham, whom I first read back in my early teens and have continued to read and re-read throughout my adult life. That's testimony in and of itself, I suppose.
Wyndham's sci-fi novels on the surface appear to be of the sensational variety, and there usually is some plot device -- like the strange triffids of this book -- that drives the action. However, once the reader is drawn in by the prospect of carnivorous plants, there's a surprise in store: it's more about the human ...more
Wyndham's sci-fi novels on the surface appear to be of the sensational variety, and there usually is some plot device -- like the strange triffids of this book -- that drives the action. However, once the reader is drawn in by the prospect of carnivorous plants, there's a surprise in store: it's more about the human ...more
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