John Christopher: No Blade of Grass (Science Fiction Apocalyptic)

In the spirit of the Cosy Catastrophe fiction, we begin an all out tribute to the works of John Christopher. The man of many pseudonyms, Samuel Youd aka John Christopher, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye, Stanley Winchester, is one of the great unpraised authors of the twentieth century. After No Blade of Grass, he wrote a long series of childrens books which must be considered amongst the best of all time. perhaps it was that adult science fiction often does not deal with the emotive psychology of the human organism, but for whatever reason, if you read any of them as a child, you know what im talking about. A master storyteller. No Blade of Grass, also known as The Death of Grass, was made into a movie in the 1970s. Does this sound familiar? A virus sweeps the earth, killing off rice, wheat and other grain staples. Hello, Monsanto calling! But the foresight is not the benefit of the novel: rather, hes just an awfully good writer. Out of this world, one might say.

- monsanto [Aug 17 2007 10:18 AM]