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"I had not a moment's doubt that Josella meant every word she said. I ruminated a little on the ways of purposeful, subversive-minded women like Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Fry. You can't do anything with such women - and they so often turn out to have been right after all."
And if I hit John Wyndham's contemporary male writers over the head with this quote.
— 20 hours, 10 min ago
And if I hit John Wyndham's contemporary male writers over the head with this quote.
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Maria ☆
is on page 97 of 272
the 'naturally' blind guy being able to walk around easily like "oh how the turn tables" 😭
also i like josella! if anyone ever tries to tell you that misogyny in literature was just a feature of the times, whack them over the head with a copy of day of the triffids.
— Feb 10, 2026 10:17AM
also i like josella! if anyone ever tries to tell you that misogyny in literature was just a feature of the times, whack them over the head with a copy of day of the triffids.
Maria ☆
is on page 52 of 272
i love when a sci-fi book has cool detailed science facts about The Creatures instead of just relying on them being unknown and unknowable. They spent years studying triffids and still were no match for them lmao
— Feb 08, 2026 08:43AM
Maria ☆
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"The way I came to miss the end of the world - well, the end of the world I had known for close on thirty years - was sheer accident: like a lot of survival, when you come to think of it."
Ok great first chapter I love this already
— Feb 05, 2026 10:29AM
Ok great first chapter I love this already
