The Day of the Triffids, John Wyndham
I received this vintage paperback book in a BookCrossing bookbox sent by Dad-i-Libri to refill by Little Free Library. I set it aside to read first before releasing it. I think this is probably considered a classic, written by the author of the book that was turned in to the movie The Village of the Damned. It is about a mysterious, possibly genetically modified and intelligent plant that begins attacking and killing humans after a worldwide catastrophic event leaves the majority of mankind blind. This is the story of some of the survivors and how they survived, but I feel it's more an exploration by the author of how society would regroup itself and rebuild if some event were to disable or kill most of the human race. He gives a few different types of factions that form, including looting and fending for oneself, dictatorships, and social experiments with farming and polygamy, and others with a focus on propriety and retaining sexual purity and monogamy.
I have to say, I did find the 1960s movie version and I watched it halfway through reading the book, and the movie is loosely based on the book, with a bit of artistic license, as it seems most movies based on books during that time kind of spun it into their own thing. There is also a newer movie but I wasn't able to stream it.
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