How the World Ends: Mysterious comet passes Earth, leaving nearly all of humanity blinded in its wake.
Scenario: One survivor who retains his sight battles for survival in a world rapidly being overrun with mobile man-eating plants called Triffids.
Coolness Factor: The opening sequence in which the protagonist wakes up in a deserted hospital was chilling reproduced in the movie 28 Days Later and the teevee series, The Walking Dead. British sci-fi at its best--who would have thought that a bunch of plants could be so bad ass.
Likelihood of Scenario Coming True: 0 out of 10. Since there is no such thing as Triffids, I think we can sleep soundly knowing this book, while a great read, is not a prophecy of our collective fate.
Saw this movie at a drive-in sometime in the '60's.....we all joked about it for YEARS, I kid you not. (Yeah, I know....another time, another place.) These days no one would even bother joking about it, let alone for that long. Glad to hear it's unlikely to happen.
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