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 …
Category: Books
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 Science Fiction Theatre Podcast …
The Science Fiction Theatre Podcast discusses the film No Blade of Grass, and the ‘absolute gem’ of a book on which it was based
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.”
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
Italian edition
A new Italian translation of The Death of Grass was published in 2014 and is available for sale on Amazon.it
Also known as …
Sam Youd also known as:
John Christopher
Hilary Ford
Peter Graaf
William Godfrey
Stanley Winchester
William Vine
Peter Nichols
Anthony Rye
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.
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.