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Bill Masen, the main character is born.
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The triffid appears on earth, to much suprise. Their appearance arises some curiosity.
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Bill gets a job working with triffids, which he has wsanted all of his life.
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Walter, Bill's friend, dies mysteriously. He most likely died of a triffid accident (sting.)
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When Bill is working with the triffids , he is stung by a triffid and blinded. Shortly after, he is placed in a hospitol to recover.
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On the night of May seventh, a green "comet" goes over earth to reveal beautiful colors. Almost everybody watches it.
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Bill finds Josella with a blind man in an alley. He rescues her, and they go to Josella's house, finding her father dead due to the triffids.
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Bill, after removing his eyepatch, discovers that most people in his city are blind, for an unknown reason.
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The two companions follow a light seen at night to the university, where they find an organized, group that has not lost vision.
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Bill wakes up to a fire alarm, which is actually a trap. He tries to run out of the building, and gets captured by a gang leader named Coker. They are assigned to take a large group of blind individuals and help them survive.
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After Bill's party falls ill from an unknown disease, he goes back to the university, and sees Coker. The two men decide to go to an adress inscribed on the wall. Once there, they decide to leave and find Josella and the original group from the unversity.
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Bill decides to break off from Coker and his new companions in order to find Josella. He decides to go to Sussex, and meets a young girl named Susan on the way.
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When Bill finds Josella at Shirning farm, they continue to live there for six years with Susan, Dennis, Mary, Joyce, and the newborn children until they leave to escape Torrence.
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Bill Masen finds Josella in Sussex, and stays with her, Susan, and some blind townspeople.
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Bill visits London, England to look for supplies.
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David Masen, Bill and Josella's first child, is born in November.
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Ivan Simpson, one of the directors of a new community, finds their house while riding in a helicopter. He invites them to come live on an island in which a community is being established.