The triffids also show awareness by their habit of herding blind people into cramped spaces to kill more easily [4] and rooting themselves beside houses, waiting for the occupants. [5] A triffid, on a poster for the 1962 film adaptation In other adaptations and sequels [ edit ] The 2012 short story "How to Make a Triffid" by Kelly Lagor includes discussions of the possible genetic pathways that could be manipulated to engineer the triffids. [20] Themes [ edit ] Science and technology [ edit ] The novel was published to critical acclaim, winning the British Fantasy Award in 2002. Bringing the adventure to life on audio came about as a result of a conversation between Simon, and his friend John Ainsworth, producer of several Big Finish ranges including Doctor Who Unbound and 2000AD. In this story a pseudo-blindess is caused by an enforced darkness which parallels the main blinding event of the first book. This was an interesting choice really, it seems a bit too samey at first glance, but this time every person is affected apart from those who were blinded thirty years prior and now they have the advantage of their experience, plus this time any advantage for the Triffids is countered by their need for sunlight.

Triffids reproduce by inflating a dark green pod below the top of the funnel until it bursts, releasing white seeds (95% of which are infertile) into the air. [2] The Italian version of the 1983 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons "Shambling Mound" Fantasy Adventure Figure by TSR, Inc. named the creature Il Trifido dinoccolato "The slouching Triffid." Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies, American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties, Vol. II: 1958–1962. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1986. ISBN 0-89950-032-3. Siam weed or chromolaena ( Chromolaena odorata)" Weed Management Guide" (PDF). Environment.gov.au . Retrieved 11 April 2022.And most importantly...ok...the human population has been at the brink of extinction for over 30 years, but hey! let's go cross the Atlantic on a steamboat! What IF we find some people surviving? The survivors attempt to establish a self-sufficient colony in Sussex with some success but are constantly under threat from the triffids, which mass around the fenced exterior. Several years pass, until one day a representative of Beadley's faction lands a helicopter in their yard and reports that his group has established a colony on the Isle of Wight. Durrant's talk of Dorset was a deliberate attempt to throw Bill off on his journey to find Beadley. While Bill and the others are reluctant to leave their own settlement, the group decide to see the summer out in Sussex before moving to the Isle of Wight.

Barratt-Due, Else; Myhre, Nan Kristin (6 September 2012). "Nostalgisk grøss" (in Norwegian). NRK. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013 . Retrieved 1 October 2012.The story begins on the Isle of Wight, 25 years after the events from The Day of the Triffids. The community there has thrived, primarily by refining triffid oil into fuel. The 1962 film adaptation portrays them as extraterrestrial lifeforms transported to Earth by comets, contradicting the novel.

Walker, Tim (3 January 2010). "The Day of the Triffids, BBC1/Tsunami: Caught on Camera, Channel 4". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012 . Retrieved 12 August 2012. In the 2009 two-part TV series, the triffids are a naturally occurring species from Zaire, discovered by the West and selectively bred as an alternative to fossil fuels, to avert global warming. McNary, Dave (23 September 2010). "3D triumph for 'Triffids'?". Variety. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012 . Retrieved 24 June 2011. Meanwhile, scientist Tom Goodwin and his wife Karen have been isolated in a lighthouse and only learn of the world emergency over the radio. Karen alerts Tom to a triffid growing on a ledge; inside they discover another and Tom has to battle it off. Though it appears dead, they discover that triffids can apparently regenerate themselves. The couple then barricade themselves in and set to work to discover some means of neutralising the plants. The triffids portrayed on screen and in sequels often differ in appearance from Wyndham's original concept.

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The story has been made into the 1962 feature film of the same name, three radio drama series (in 1957, 1968 and 2001) and two TV series (in 1981 and 2009). [1] It was nominated for the International Fantasy Award in 1952, and in 2003 the novel was listed on the BBC's survey The Big Read. [2] [3] Chromolaena odorata is known as a "triffid" throughout the Durban area of South Africa. It poses no threat to humans unless ingested, as it is carcinogenic. [13] [14] [15] a b c Boluk, Stephanie; Lenz, Wylie (2011). Generation Zombie: Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture. McFarland. p.156. ISBN 978-0-7864-8673-1.