6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIFFIDIAN»
Discover the use of
triffidian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
triffidian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
Hence triffidian, adj., triffid-like, adj. 1951 [J. Wyndham] Day of Triffids 46: A
catchy little name originating in some newspaper office as a handy label for an
oddity—but destined one day to be associated with pain, fear and misery—triffid.
The Caribbean Canteen is all sunshine-yellow walls, Triffidian parlor palms, and
posters of clichéd golden beaches with aquamarine seas. Morris is huddled at
the corner wooden table that faces the window. He shouldn't slouch; it ages him.
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The Day of the Triffids
However, the real power of this book lays not in its pure invention but rather in its matter-of-fact depiction of such bizarre phenomena happening so suddenly in the midst of day-to-day life.
Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain.
... hear about my triffidian adventures. Verity! On the other hand one thing that we
are all very, very excited about is that we have abandoned the conventional, oh-
sooooh- twentieth century sort order completely, and instead use the Windows ...
ProQuest Information and Learning Company, 2003
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Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools for the Professional ...
... hear about my triffidian adventures, Verity! On the other hand one thing that we
are all very, very excited about is that we have abandoned the conventional, oh-
sooooh- twentieth century sort order completely, and instead use the Windows ...
