Category: Books

The book, the film – podcast

Matthew Jones and Ben Taylorson discuss The Death of Grass and Cornel Wilde’s 1970 film adaption of the book, No Blade of Grass on Closer to Midnight

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Russian edition

Russian edition (1992), the cover artist introducing a new layer of excitement with the addition of flying saucers — the British Government, tasked with bombing their citizens?

"The Death of Grass" "No Blade of Grass"

The book that shook my faith

The One Book That Shook My Faith in Nature and Humanity – Cat Sparks
“This time around, humanity requires no deity to throw it out of Eden. The garden does the job all by itself.”

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DoG covers

Since its publication in 1956, The Death of Grass has been published in numerous editions across the world and has inspired a wide variety of cover artists

Also known as …

Sam Youd also known as:

John Christopher

Hilary Ford

Peter Graaf

William Godfrey

Stanley Winchester

William Vine

Peter Nichols

Anthony Rye

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1957…

No Blade of Grass first hit America as a seven-part serial in The Saturday Evening Post and was widely popular; its publication later that year by Simon and Schuster made it a bestseller and one of the most popular SF books of the year.

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No Blade of Grass trailer

Sam Youd didn’t see the film until years after its release when it was broadcast as a late night movie. He lasted until the first advert break and then retired to bed.