The Night of the Triffids.Simon Clark. 2001. Read by Steven Pacey. 10 tapes. 12.5 hrs. Chivers North America. 0-7540-0766-9. $84.95. Vinyl binder; plot, author, reader notes. SA Pilot David Masen has made an unfortunate off-course landing in his plane. After a night's sleep he finds the world in darkness and the town besieged be·siege tr.v. be·sieged, be·sieg·ing, be·sieg·es 1. To surround with hostile forces. 2. To crowd around; hem in. 3. by triffids--man-eating plants that have terrorized the world for 30 years. David is rescued by an American ship and assured that he will be returned home to the Isle of Wight Noun 1. Isle of Wight - an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel Wight county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people" . David falls in love with one of the passengers, Kerris Baedekker, who just happens to be the daughter of a man who is his father's archrival arch·ri·val n. A principal rival. . His joy turns to outrage when he realizes that the rescue party intends to deliver him to the enemy and use him as a decoy to obtain the triffid The Triffid is a highly venomous fictional species of plant that appears to have limited intelligence and survival instincts. It is the titular antagonist from the 1951 novel Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham and also later appears in Simon Clark's novel oil technology his father has developed. Before that can happen, he is snatched by the Forresters, an opposition rebel group. The action is fast and furious; and the triffids are larger than life larg·er than life adj. Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. in the city that never sleeps. Steven Pacey's capable, fully voiced, British-accented reading lends credibility to the story whose hero is an Englishman. A sequel to Wyndham's Day of the Triffids (1951), this also stands on its own. For SF fans. Rita M. Fontinha, Lib. Spec., Norwood H.S., Norwood, MA |
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