"The Day of the Triffids" by John Wyndham. Garden City: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition

After a shower of blazing lights in the sky, a plague of blindness befalls the entire world and allows the rise of a deadly and seemingly intelligent species of plant. The novel was the basis for the 1962 British film "The Day of the Triffids" starring Howard Keel:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqrLqg3w6AU

 

Done