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Posted 2015-02-28 2:31 AM (#9746 - in reply to #9162)
Subject: RE: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Location: New Zealand		Hi, I haven't posted before but thought I might join the discussion.

My first book for 1950 was Cosmic Engineers. I picked it because I love Simak's Way Station, and thought I'd try some more of his. It wasn't as good as Way Station, but it was kinda fun.

I've just finished my challenge book for 1951, The Day of the Triffids. I know I've read it before because we had to read it at school, but that was over 35 years ago, so I thought it would be interesting to revisit it, particularly as the only thing I remembered about it is that it had creepy people-eating plants.

I was surprised to find that the book was much better than that. In fact the people-eating plants were really such a small part of the book, with the focus being more on people, their reactions, and their struggle to put society back together again. And of course, there was also plenty of killer-plant carnage.

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