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Subject: Re: Old Triffids paperback....
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 04:09:35 EDT
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From: Alastair Milne <milne@uci-icse>


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   A little question:

   While passing by the "used-books-for-a-quarter" table at a local
   library last week, I picked up an early paperback edition of
   Wyndham's "The Day of The Triffids," and I'm now wondering: might it
   be the first PB edition of that novel?

   This edition was actually published under the title "Revolt of the
   Triffids," but with the original title in small print in parentheses
   on the cover. The cover illo itself was pretty pulpy, with a triffid
   menacing a frightened woman whose shredded blouse only slightly
   concealed her torso.

   . . .

   Just consider this another chance for Jerry Boyajian to show his
   genius.
                                       Regards (& advance thanks),
                                              Jeff Rogers
                                              jcr@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA


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   I can't rival Jerry Boyajian, and wouldn't even try, but I do know this much:

   "Day of the Triffids" came out a long time ago (decades) in paperback, from
   Penguin books, which, for copyright reasons that I don't fully understand,
   are not available in the US  --  at least, that's what the note on the back
   cover always says, following the list of suggested prices for the book in
   the various dominions.  Penguin, among others, published most or all 
   of Wyndham's work.

   About the cover illustration you describe: how nauseating.  I assure you 
   there was nothing like that on the Penguin release.  And the book was given
   its right name (though there's nothing new in Wyndham's titles' being
   revised en route over the Atlantic).  The story is very good, and has
   nothing to do with frightened, barely dressed women.  See other articles on
   this list for various observations about cover art.


   Alastair Milne