Title: The Day of the Triffids
Author: John Wyndham
First published: 1951
John Wyndham’s Cold War catastrophe novel, in which most of the population are rendered blind by an ambiguous meteor shower/special weapon attack, and then forced to contend with man-eating plants, is a sci-fi/horror classic.
It is a bleak, visceral post-apocalyptic story which—like many such works of the genre—is just as focused on the danger posed by other humans, as it is the other-worldly enemy (in this case, the carnivorous triffids). To reflect this, I wanted artwork that would feel threatening, but ambiguous enough to remain intriguing.
I also opted for a typographic approach that requires a bit more effort on the part of the reader, as well as leaving some space for cover blurbs. The green would be rendered as a spot ink and varnish, to provide maximum standout on busy bookshelves.
This is cover is a reimagining and not commercially available, any fonts or images used have been included as part of a personal project only.
