Book Club: Day of the Triffids
Event date: Wednesday 22 September 2010 - 06:00pm to 07:30pm
Location: The Science Exchange. Program: Book Club.
Location: The Science Exchange. Program: Book Club.
We put a twist on celebrating the International Year of Biodiversity with this September’s RiAus Book Club selection, Day of the Triffids. Biological warfare, genetic engineering, ecological disaster, the quest for cheap oil… themes that could be lifted from today’s newspapers. But John Wyndham’s novel was first published nearly 60 years ago (1951).
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