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Title: The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark, Steven Pacey ISBN: 0-7540-0766-9 Publisher: Chivers Audio Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 10 List Price(USD): $84.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent read, well written and fast paced
Comment: I loved the original "Day of..." having read it many times, I would go as far to say its my favourite book. I've always hoped someone would write something else in the "Triffid" universe and thankfully Simon Clark has come through.
Don't be put off by the "oh its not John wyndam" etc etc posts, this really is a good read, the characters are developed well and you get that sense of discovering "alternate societies" that I liked from the original.
I enjoyed the fact that Simon Clark has stuck with the same style of writing as Wyndam, one reviewer commented on the the lack of swearing being unrealistic, I just saw it as a continuation of the original style which was very old world IMHO.
Overall I would thoroughly recommend this book to any fan of the original and I hope that Simon Clark continues to write more novels in the Triffid universe!
Rating: 1
Summary: A waste of a tree. (It's a large-ish book!)
Comment: I hadn't read anything by Simon Clark before buying this book and I won't bother reading anything else of his in the future.
There was nothing that I really liked about this tale, right from the start. It wasn't difficult to read, it was that, after getting through the first couple of chapters, I felt it was all very much like vanilla-flavoured junket; it went down okay but it was all rather bland and unsatisfying.
Maybe my impressions were influenced by my liking of Wyndham's tale - so much, in fact, that I have read and re-read the original story so many times over the past 40 years that I know it off by heart!
The biggest disappointment of the lot with "Night Of...." is the ridiculous situation whereby the triffids mutate into several different versions, all within the space of 25 years (the gap between the end of the original book and the start of this one). I won't mention specifics, so as not to divulge anything for those who buy the book, but it struck me that at least Wyndham's triffids were hybrid plants created "in the lab" through the auspices of humans mucking around with what we would now refer to as "genetic engineering".
There are also several situations where things are just so conveniently arranged (a hidden cache of weapons, for example) that you find yourself squirming with frustration when you come across them.
Clark's writing style also gave me the impression that it was aimed at a younger age group - around the early teens.
There isn't one swear word; I think that the strongest curse is "Goddamn!" and there are a few "bastards" and "bloodys" around the place.
Whilst I don't believe in pouring on the expletives just for the sake of it, real life would indicate that, when faced with an attacking horde of triffids, even my maiden aunt would use the 'S' word!
I have always wanted to see a sequel to the original but this certainly isn't it, I'm really sorry to say.
If John Wyndham is watching from on high, he must be one embarrassed angel.
Bruce Kennewell
Rating: 1
Summary: 1 star in the name of its progenitor...taken in vain here
Comment: This is a fair story but lacks the soul of the original. Personally I am amazed that it was approved because it is somewhat tacky and trite compared to its ullustrious predecessor. Of course if you're not a conservative when it comes to preserving the memory of 'Triffids' then you'll probably find this story is readable.
I think the thing that bothered me the most was there was nobody in the book I could care about. They were caricatures- cardboard plot devices to move the story. And the mutation angle is quite absurd. Genetic drift, even in plants as highly 'evolved' as the triffids would require more than 15-20 years and mnay false starts to produce the particular type of triffid encounted in the book. And the human immunity at the end is laughable in its convenience!
WHile I thank Simon Clark from leaving the hero of the first book out of his second work, David, his son, is the main character in this one. Again, he should have avoided links- thus comparisons- with the True novel because this is found very wanting. The story doesn't focus so much around battling triffids as david and co battling the General (re. the major in the original) with the triffids more coloring then texture.
In short: an ordinary tale with little to recommend it or redeem it and the tacky cover art says it all: pulp fiction! SHould have never been published and shouldn't have the name Triffid in the title.
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Title: The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, Edmund Morris ISBN: 0812967127 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title:Day of the Triffids ASIN: B00007G1SX Publisher: Allied Artists Enter Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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Title: The New Madrid Run by Michael Reisig ISBN: 0965124010 Publisher: Clear Creek Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Rift by Walter J. Williams ISBN: 0061057940 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham ISBN: 014118146X Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade |
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