The Day of the Triffids
The Triffids (English Original title: The Day of the Triffids ) is a science fiction novel by the English author John Wyndham in 1951, the novel is considered a classic of science-fiction literature. . The first and ever since used German translation developed Hubert Greifeneder. It first appeared in 1955 in the Süddeutsche Verlag, Munich. The paperback edition in 1960 was also the first volume of the acclaimed series Heyne Science Fiction. The publisher Heinrich and Hahn, Frankfurt am Main, in 2006 published a revised edition of Inge Seelig.
Content
The oil industry uses plants, the so-called Triffids, from which can extract oil with high efficiency. However, the Triffids can run around, attack people and even kill. The origin of the plants remains unclear, but there are hints that they were created in experiments in the Soviet Union and released in an accident.
One night going down a meteor shower over the globe. Almost all people look at this spectacle, blind but later the bright light of the rain. So sinks the whole of London in chaos. There is no hope of rescue, because almost all people are blind worldwide. They die of hunger, kill yourself, come by a mysterious plague to - and through the Triffids. Because with the loss of sight, people have also lost their superiority over the Triffids.
The book contains allusions to the fact that the meteor shower comes from satellites and is therefore made by human hands - just like the Triffids.
Among the few sighted belongs to William (Bill) Masen, who spends according to a Triffid attack the night of the meteor rain with bandages on his eyes in the hospital. Together with other seeing how the writer Josella PLayton, he tries to eke. Distribution and power struggles are out bitterly and British society falls quickly back to the Middle Ages. Religious fanatics, world innovator or predators dominate the action.
At the end of the group lives on a Triffid - free island. The group hopes that in one or more generations, the land can be resettled.
Comments
How many early science fiction B-movies was also "The Day of the Triffids " in the title song " Double Feature Science Fiction / " called " The Rocky Horror Show " by Richard O'Brien: " And I really got hot When I saw Janette Scott fight a Triffid did spits poison and kills. "
Adaptations
By Giles Cooper 1968 radio play version of Westdeutsche Rundfunk ( WDR) in the translation of Hein Bruehl with Hansjörg Felmy in the role of Bill Masen was a six-piece SF- staged radio play (directed by Heinz -Dieter Köhler ).
In addition, the book has been filmed three times: