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Ethics in science-fiction disasters.(Literature)(Essay)

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| March 01, 2007 | Colebatch, Hal G.P. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ONE OF THE PARADIGM science-fiction "disaster stories is John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published in 1951. Wyndham wrote many other science-fiction stories but The Day of the Triffids stands out as truly inspired. It is simple, elegant, unforgettable and, to one with any imagination, terrifying (anyone who does not know the plot--perhaps there are still a few!--and who does not want it revealed should stop reading now). It fully deserves its status as a classic.

Triffids are grotesque and dangerous plants, bred in Russia, perhaps by Lysenkoist biology, to provide varieties of vegetable oil. (When it was written Lysenkoism had not been discredited.) They ...

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