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jwharris28
Posted 2015-01-30 9:57 AM (#9404 - in reply to #9401)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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When the Classic Science Fiction book club read The Day of the Triffids we were all amazed by how much we enjoyed the book. It really is a standout novel, and is still effective today. And it's cozy nature is its main virtual. I didn't know their was a sub-genre "cozy catastrophe" but I love that, even if Aldiss was sneering at it.

One of my all-time favorite books is Earth Abides, but modern versions also include The Road, The Dog Stars, The Age of Miracles and endless parade of YA novels about the end of the world told at the family level.

My only criticism of The Day of the Triffids would be the Triffids. The book would still have been great without them. But I didn't hate them either. I was willing to overlook killer walking plants.

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