Title: The Death of Grass

Title: The Death of Grass Title Record # 21184
Author: John Christopher
Date: 1956-00-00
Type: NOVEL
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Language: English

Note: Made into 2 BBC radio plays and the movie "No Blade of Grass".

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Year	Title
1956^ⓘFirst appeared under this title in the US as a seven-part serial in the Saturday Evening Post, starting in the April 27, 1957 issue.	No Blade of Grass

Year	Language	Title
1958	Italian	La peste verde
1959^ⓘTranslated by Gerhard Thebs	German	Das Tal des Lebens
1973	Italian	Morte dell'erba
1975^ⓘTranslated by Alain Dorémieux	French	Terre brûlée
1976^ⓘ Translated by Milica Mihajlović	Serbian	Smrt trave [as by Džon Kristofer]
1978^ⓘ Translated by Milica Mihajlović	Serbian	Smrt trave [as by Džon Kristofer]
1980^ⓘTranslated by Maria Luísa Ferreira da Costa	Portuguese	A Última Fome
1980^ⓘTranslated by Luis Horátio da Mata.	Portuguese	Chung-Li - A Agonia do Verde
1980^ⓘTranslated by Lars Derkert.	Swedish	Svältdöden
1983^ⓘTranslated by Kari Nenonen	Finnish	Nälkäkuolema

Year	Title
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 1 of 7)
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 2 of 7)
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 3 of 7)
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 4 of 7)
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 5 of 7)
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 6 of 7)
1957	No Blade of Grass (Part 7 of 7)

Year	Language	Title
1967	Italian	Morte dell'erba (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Death of Grass	1956-00-00	John Christopher	Michael Joseph (Novels of Tomorrow)		10/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	231	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Trevor Denning
The Death of Grass	1956-00-00	John Christopher	Collins		C$2.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	159	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
No Blade of Grass	1957-04-00	John Christopher	Simon & Schuster		$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	219	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Bacon
The Saturday Evening Post, April 27, 1957	1957-04-27	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	George Hughes
The Saturday Evening Post, May 4, 1957	1957-05-04	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	John Falter
The Saturday Evening Post, May 11, 1957	1957-05-11	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Dick Sargent
The Saturday Evening Post, May 18, 1957	1957-05-18	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Thornton Utz
The Saturday Evening Post, May 25, 1957	1957-05-25	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	156	bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Thornton Utz
The Saturday Evening Post, June 1, 1957	1957-06-01	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	Alajalov
The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1957	1957-06-08	ed. Editors of The Saturday Evening Post			$0.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		bedsheet^?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.	mag	George Hughes
The Death of Grass	1957-07-00	John Christopher	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	27	4/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	230	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Death of Grass	1958-00-00	John Christopher	Penguin Books	1300	2/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	185	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
No Blade of Grass	1958-05-00	John Christopher	Pocket Books	1183	$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	184	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Tom Dunn
No Blade of Grass	1958-06-00	John Christopher	Simon & Schuster / SFBC		$1.15^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	182	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Paul Bacon
La peste verde	1958-07-01	John Christopher	Corriere della Sera		Lit 100^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Das Tal des Lebens	1959-00-00	John Christopher	Weiss		DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	253	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Death of Grass	1963-00-00	John Christopher	Penguin Books	1300	3/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	185	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	John Griffiths
No Blade of Grass	1967-06-00	John Christopher	Avon	S288	$0.60^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Hector Garrido
No Blade of Grass	1967-06-00	John Christopher	Avon	S288	C$0.60^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Hector Garrido
Urania #476	1967-12-03	ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini	Mondadori	476	Lit 250^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	168	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Karel Thole
The Death of Grass	1970-12-00	John Christopher	Penguin Books	0-14-001300-8	£0.30^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Dan Budnik
Das Tal des Lebens	1971-02-00	John Christopher	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3228)	3228	DM 2.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	176	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Atelier Heinrichs & Bachmann
No Blade of Grass	1971-03-00	John Christopher	Avon	V2398	$0.75^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Hector Garrido
No Blade of Grass	1971-03-00	John Christopher	Avon	V2398	C$0.75^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Hector Garrido
The Death of Grass	1973-10-15	John Christopher	Michael Joseph	0-7181-1141-9		231	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Morte dell'erba	1973-12-01	John Christopher	Mondadori (Oscar #506)	11381	Lit 750^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	viii+ 202	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Karel Thole
Terre brûlée / L'hiver éternel	1975-05-06	John Christopher	OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #55)	2-7201-0014-5		511	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
No Blade of Grass	1975-07-00	John Christopher	Equinox / Avon (SF Rediscovery #11)	0-380-00319-8 / 23903	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	190	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Michael Presley
Smrt trave	1976-00-00	Džon Kristofer	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			164	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Moma Marković^?Moma Markovic
Smrt trave	1978-00-00	Džon Kristofer	Jugoslavija (Kentaur)			164	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Moma Marković^?Moma Markovic
The Death of Grass	1978-07-00	John Christopher	Sphere Books	0-7221-2300-0	£0.85^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Terre brûlée	1979-00-00	John Christopher	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Science Fiction #7045)	2-253-02244-6		318	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	A. Choisnet
The Death of Grass	1979-00-00	John Christopher	Sphere	0-7221-2299-3	£0.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Chung-Li - A Agonia do Verde	1980-00-00	John Christopher	Francisco Alves (Mundos da Ficção Científica #19)			200	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Svältdöden	1980-00-00	John Christopher	B. Wahlström^?B. Wahlstrom B. Wahlstroem (Varning! #5)	91-32-50401-2	skr 9.75^?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	198	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Svältdöden	1980-00-00	John Christopher	B. Wahlström^?B. Wahlstrom B. Wahlstroem (Varning! #5)	91-32-50402-0	skr 18.50^?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	198	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
No Blade of Grass	1980-05-00	John Christopher	Avon	0-380-48009-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	190	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Michael Presley
Morte dell'erba	1981-04-00	John Christopher	Mondadori (Classici Urania #49)	19286-6	Lit 1,800^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	218	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Karel Thole
A Última Fome	1982-00-00	John Christopher	Publicações Europa-América^?Publicacoes Europa-America (Livros de Bolso, série Ficção Científica #4)			171	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Nälkäkuolema	1983-00-00	John Christopher	Kolmiokirja (Shokki #3)	951-9487-39-5		197	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Death of Grass	1983-00-00	John Christopher	Sphere	0-7221-2299-3	£1.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Death of Grass	1985-00-00	John Christopher	Sphere	0-7221-2297-7	£2.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Steve Crisp
The Death of Grass	1988-00-00	John Christopher	Sphere	0-7221-2297-7	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	222	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Steve Crisp
The Death of Grass	2005-08-30	John Christopher	Lightyear Press	0-89968-335-5			hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Catastrophes	2006-01-05	Michel Demuth	Omnibus (France)	2-258-06972-6	€25.5^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	viii+ 814	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Daniel Kvasznicza
Morte dell'erba	2006-08-00	John Christopher	Mondadori (Urania Collezione #43)	43	€4.90^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	246	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Franco Brambilla
The Death of Grass	2009-04-02	John Christopher	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-119017-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 195	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Image 100
The Death of Grass	2009-04-02	John Christopher	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-119201-7	£5.49^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Image 100
The Death of Grass	2011-03-25	John Christopher	Audible Studios		$12.33^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
The Death of Grass	2016-09-27	John Christopher	The SYLE Press	978-1-911410-00-3	$10.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	224	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Death of Grass	2016-10-04	John Christopher	The SYLE Press	978-1-911410-01-0	$4.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Death of Grass	date unknown	John Christopher	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-119017-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xii+ 195	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel

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Review by Lester del Rey (1956) in Vanguard Science Fiction, June 1958, (1958)
Review by Damon Knight (1957) in Infinity Science Fiction, October 1957
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1957) in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1957
Review by Anthony Boucher (1957) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1957
Review by Robert Silverberg [as by Calvin M. Knox] (1958) in Science Fiction Stories, November 1959, (1959)
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1959) in Astounding Science Fiction, February 1959
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1968) in Analog Science Fiction -> Science Fact, July 1968
Review by Martin Last (1975) in The Science Fiction Review (Monthly), July 1975
Review by Cy Chauvin (1975) in Delap's F & SF Review, August 1975
Review by Lester del Rey (1976) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1976
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, August 1978
Review by Bill Carlin (1980) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 4, Number 1
Review [French] by Roger Bozzetto (1980) in Fiction, #305
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by Joseph Nicholas (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 6
Review by David Pringle (1985) in Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels , reprinted in:
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1986)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1987)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1997)
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (2014)
Review by K. V. Bailey (1986) in Paperback Inferno, #60
Review by Darrell Bain (2005) in My 100 Most Readable (and Re-Readable) Science Fiction Novels
Review by Simon Ingrouille (2009) in StarShipSofa, No 81
Review by Jim O'Brien (2020) in Pulp Apocalypse

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