Dear All: There is also a film about these plants(?)I think the title was "The day of the Triffids" good entertainment. Cheers, John E. Bryan Hamish Sloan wrote: > > Hello All, > > Novel - 'The Day of the Triffids' > Classification - Sci-Fi > Author - John Wyndham > Published - 1951 > Publisher - M Joseph and later Penguin Books (both of which, I think, have > changed hands a few times since 1951) > > The Russians develop a new plant to provide a superior vegetable oil to > feed the world's billions. Stolen batch of seed gets dispersed round the > world when plane is mysteriously destroyed. What was not known at the time > is that adult triffids can walk, they have a killing sting and they have an > intelligence of sorts. And as they feed on plant and animal remains, humans > are fortunate to have the advantage of sight, ...... until a passing comet > leads to blindness for most. > > Now read on. From a book shop near you!! > > Regards Hamish > > PS No, I do not get any commission from anyone. > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php