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Is the overall point hope or doom?
« Thread Started on Jul 21, 2010, 12:53am »

So I just finished the book. I'm wondering if most people think the overall take away of the story is that the human race is doomed, forced to live on islands or fenced off enclaves, or if the final message is one of hope for humanity to restore itself.

Given the circumstances, I think humanity will do fairly well. Their footholds on isolated islands will allow them time to find more effective ways to fight the triffids and then retake the mainland.

Of course society will regress a bit, but once they have access to the physical capital that remains, free of the threat of the triffids, then they'll probably be able to retain or preserve most of the knowledge they had before the crisis.

Anyone have any thoughts?

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Re: Is the overall point hope or doom?
« Reply #1 on Jul 21, 2010, 11:18am »

I think it has to be hope. The Isle of Wight is actually from a British POV an excellent place to rebuild again for all sorts of reasons and within the context of this novel the perfect location.

For me one of the main things that has to come out of good post apoc fiction is hope because otherwise what is the point in surviving ?

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Re: Is the overall point hope or doom?
« Reply #2 on Aug 22, 2011, 4:04pm »

There is definitely hope for the future in the ending, they have contact with those on other channel islands, the Isle of Wight isn't a tiny place by any means and they're intending to have Bill studying the triffids.

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Re: Is the overall point hope or doom?
« Reply #3 on Mar 2, 2012, 12:04pm »

Just re-read (or rather re-listened) to the book again and what struck me was the over-whelming message of hope at the end with the talk of a 'crusade' to rid the main-land of the curse of the Triffids. Forgot how up-lifting it was.

Also the book has to be one of the all time post-apoc classics. Throwing the whole Triffid element into what would have been an over-whelming PA senario on its own is a work of sheer genius.

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