The Night of the Triffids Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Simon Clark (Author), Sam Troughton (Narrator), Nicola Bryant (Narrator),

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On the Isle of Wight, a colony of survivors wakes to a world plunged into darkness. Before long, the triffids, thought safely out of the way on the mainland, attack....

In John Wyndham’s classic best seller The Day of the Triffids the world has been overwhelmed by killer plants. As the novel ends, Wyndham’s narrator scientist Bill Masen is escaping, with his wife and four-year-old son, to the Isle of Wight where a small colony of survivors is holding out. Simon Clark’s sequel picks up the story 25 years on.

The survivors are safe, for the time being at least, on their island, where they have continued efforts to combat the triffids, while also striving in various ways to build a new civilization. Elsewhere in the world, similar colonies cling to survival, while the triffids persist in their attempts to destroy humanity.

One morning Bill Masen’s son, David, now grown up, wakes to a world plunged into darkness. Now, the triffids have an advantage over humanity.

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2 hours and 27 minutes
Author

Simon Clark
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Sam Troughton, see all
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24 August 2015
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English
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Big Finish Productions
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B0149H14EU
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	2 hours and 27 minutes
Author	Simon Clark
Narrator	Sam Troughton, Nicola Bryant, Paul Clayton
Audible.com.au Release Date	24 August 2015
Publisher	Big Finish Productions
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0149H14EU
Best Sellers Rank	46,091 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 7 in Dramatisations 1,364 in Classic Literature 3,931 in Classic Literature & Fiction

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Kelvin Ingram

As Good as the Day of the Triffids

Reviewed in Australia on 11 February 2019

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A great follow up to the original Day of the Triffids. Follows on where the other ends and has many good twists and turns which keeps you page turning. Those who liked the original will not be disappointed.

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MR A J CHALMERS

Good but not as good as day of the triffids

Reviewed in Australia on 13 November 2016

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Not enough triffid action.
Didn't like the switch to the state's - would have preferred to keep narrative in the UK
But some good solid story overall

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Franz

Very readable

Reviewed in Australia on 2 November 2016

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Liked it because it was a continuation of THE DAYOF THE TRIFFIDS in the style of John Wyndham

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Luke Welfare

Four Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 26 November 2015

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Alway thought the original needed a follow up

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Samrosie

but a great follow on from Day of the Triffids Set 20 ...

Reviewed in Australia on 2 September 2015

Reviewing this on behalf of my brother
Obviously not written by John Wyndham , but a great follow on from Day of the Triffids
Set 20 yrs later, involving Bill Masen's son, the sky is darkening and the triffids return.
its action packed and a worthy successor to the original

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Zarina

OK, I liked it. I admit it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2015

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I thought this was an enjoyable read, and an acceptable storyline for a sequel to "Day of the Triffids".

Writing style - it is written as a first-person narrative, very much like Wyndham's style - not exactly Wyndham, but pretty "near-as-dammit".
There were a few parts in the book which I felt were definitely not Wyndham's style - one notable example (for me) being where the lead character is planning how he is going to rescue his girlfriend. We are allowed to share his thoughts, and are subjected to his "Softly, softly, catchee monkey!" inner rationale. This grated upon me slightly because I'm used to Wyndham's more restrained, plodding style.
Having said that, Simon Clark is NOT John Wyndham, and I need to be realistic. I think that overall, he did a good job of making this feel like a believable sequel.

Story - we start on the Isle of Wight, where we are swiftly updated with events since the original volume ended, and provided with enough links to the previous story to keep us interested; ie the colony's development, and Bill Mason's family/achievements. Our location soon changes to Manhatton, however, where the bulk of the story takes place. Our narrator/protagonist is Bill Mason's son, David - thereby continuing to provide that link to the original. In many ways, David is very much like his father, and it is easy to sympathise with, and identify with him.
The story is definitely entertaining and gripping, gradually becoming more and more dramatic until the finale, where it starts to resemble a Bruce Willis movie, albeit an entertaining one. I suspect that Simon Clark was trying to give us a little more excitement, and a little more action - was he trying to develop Wyndham's original idea for a more modern readership?

I preferred the quiet, thoughtful pedestrian style of the original, however I'm not such a purist that I won't admit that I like this one too.
I don't really mind accepting this easy-to-read action-hero story as Clark's suggested sequel. He has done his homework and produced a believable plot to entertain us.

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Simon Humphries

Another disappointing sequel to a classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 January 2022

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I started out to read this book, eager to enjoy a sequel to one of my favourite books of all time. Initially I enjoyed the book but little by little my enthusiasm for it dwindled until finally I found it an act of willpower to arrive at its feeble conclusion. Perhaps it’s the nightmarish picture of a New York, the venue of most of the book’s action, where its populace is apparently blissfully content to accept a dystopian existence, where children are artificially engendered by artificial insemination techniques on unwilling women, living under a dubious dictatorship of a previous villain from Wyndham’s original masterpiece. Or maybe it’s the bizarre but totally implausible and unrealistic introduction of triffids that spontaneously “evolve” in the space of 25 years into different forms I won’t go into here. Or is it just the meandering plot which suddenly resolves itself in the last few pages in unconvincing fashion? Whatever it is, the result is, once again, a vastly inferior product unable to live up to the brilliance of its forebear. If you loved The Day of the Triffids, don’t bother with this very inadequate and verbose sequel.

Adaddinsane

Good but not great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 February 2018

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I wasn't as thrilled as I'd hoped to be. I think the author did a good job of emulating Wyndham's style. There were issues, I think the explanation of the "night" was unnecessary (Wyndham's characters only theorise as to the cause of the blindness), and while I think the extension of the triffid "intelligence" was acceptable, the new versions were not. The author is apparently not a scientist, nor did he consult with one. I also think Wyndham had a much better grasp of social dynamics.

I think the best way to describe this book is that "Night of the Triffids" is to "Day of the Triffids" as the film "Aliens" is to "Alien". Same monsters, different style of story. And that's fine.

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hoskersmate

a sad day for Triffid fans!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2016

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Day of the Triffids was the first book that truly caught my imagination. I know it's dated but I still read it regularly. So when I stumbled on Night of the Triffids I thought that this would be for me. There is a wealth of scope in writing what coud have happened to mankind and the planet in twenty five years with Triffids running amuck. Unfortunatley we will never know because thats not what was written in this book. This is like an episode of Dick Barton with Triffids as an afterthought.
If you liked day of the Triffids give this a miss

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Sussman

A relatively worthy sequel to the seminal SF title Day of the Triffids

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2014

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In terms of review its hard to add anything new to say as there are some very good reviews here, of this title. Timelord-007 does an especially good review, with permanent details and good synopsis of the content and the narrative contained within.

That said I will use my best efforts here; the narrative is really about survival in the midst of disintegrating and dead society. Add into the mix a relatively unique plant the Triffid - that is large, venomous carnivorous, capable of locomotion, communication and shows a degree of intelligence.

__________ "Better eat my greens, before the greens eat me"_____________

Both books envision the apocalypse that follows from an almost universal blinding of the population after an extreme fall of brightly colour-laden meteorites - that somehow burns out the optic nerve. The Triffids had been used as a food crop, as a substitute for food oil (although in the TV serials the oil is petrol substitute). However, due to the resulting collapse of their careful management and harvesting. They then get loose from their `farms' and literally walk out; they became the killers of humankind. They are also happy to eat the resultant decaying remains. As the Triffids become more entrenched, they begin to squeeze any and all surviving human enclaves. Night of the Triffids is based some 25 years after the events ending in the first book as the narrative continues.

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