The triffids walk again: why do we have a love affair with man-eating plants?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 13:01
in Psychology & Sociology
A new television adaptation is being made of The Day of the Triffids, but why are we still prepared to believe in a post-apocalyptic world roamed by flesh-eating semi-sentient plants? And do we have a love affair with fictionalised destruction?
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