Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!STUART@SRI-AI.ARPA From: STUART@SRI-AI.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: The Day of the Triffids - ARTS TV Message-ID: <1942@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 11:38:39 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.1942 Posted: Fri Jul 13 11:38:39 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 16-Jul-84 07:40:27 EDT Lines: 15 From: Chris Stuart > What the hell do the Triffids have to do with anything???! As far > as I can tell, this is another (very good) > end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it story. Why the Triffids? There > could have just as easily been cougars running around feeding on > the blind people. Early in the book, the comment is made that the real advantage people have over triffids is that people can see. Then we all become blind... I presume the author wanted a set of bad guys that were blind already, and earthworms didn't fit the bill. Chris Stuart -------