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Day of the Triffids

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BarneyKent

BarneyKent Report 12 Jun 2013 08:47

Morning Maggie,

Sorry I did not reply last night, I was in bed by 10.30.

Day of the Triffids £2.81
The Chysalids £2.74
The Kraken Wakes £2.95
Trouble with Lichen £1.73
Midwich Cuckoos £2.52

All on EBay inc. P&P. Used but readable.

Looks like I am in for some good reading.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Jun 2013 23:04

I've still got them somewhere, I think. Definitely bought them for my daughters, but may have given them to my nephew, who was considered a 'late' reader - but the truth was, he never found anything in the library at primary school that interested him!
Though may have given them to my grand daughter....

Grand daughter's school, asked all children in year 6 to read a book they wouldn;t normally read. My daughter gave my (just) 11 year old grand daughter (who's read all the Harry Potter books) 'The curious incident of the dog in the night'
Grand daughter said it was the best book ever!! :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

BarneyKent

BarneyKent Report 11 Jun 2013 19:16

Me too Maggie, I am just going on EBay, Amazon, Play.com to see how much they are.

DIZZI

DIZZI Report 11 Jun 2013 18:57

OMG I REMEMBER THE FILM
1962 I CAN BELIEVE IT

Researching:
FINCH+LOCK+WEAVER+HALES+BROOKINGS+MANSFIELD+HOOK+TITCHENER and STEVEN & ISRAEL WEAVER c1735

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Jun 2013 18:28

HI Staffy - so do I - and read them all before I was 12. Read one and was hooked - yet I would deny I was a Sc-Fi fan
I'm thinking of reading them again

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

BarneyKent

BarneyKent Report 11 Jun 2013 18:21

Love all John Wyndham's books - In addition to Day of the Triffids, I like: The Kraken Wakes; The Chrysalids; Trouble with Lichen; The Midwich Cuckoos, (which was made into a film but named "Village of the Damned".)

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Jun 2013 17:45

It's been wonderful having it read to me :-D

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

Nolls from Harrogate

Nolls from Harrogate Report 11 Jun 2013 17:42

Remember watching this on TV with the kids they were terrified....Don't think the youngsters would be worried now.. We did enjoy it though

Researching:
Gilmour/McSherry/Boyle/Mason/Robertson

BarneyKent

BarneyKent Report 11 Jun 2013 12:31

One of John Wyndham's best books. I read it years ago and also saw the film with Howard Keel and Janette Scott. Film was OK but differed a bit from the book.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 11 Jun 2013 00:35

I've been listening to this for the past 2 weeks on Radio 4 extra.

I'm amazed I read the book when I was 10!!!

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)