No blade of grass

by Sam Youd

The Death of Grass From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "No Blade of Grass" redirects here. For the film adaptation, see No Blade of Grass (film). The Death Of Grass Cover of a U.S paperback edition. Author(s) John Christopher Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Science fiction novel Publisher Michael Joseph Publication date 1956 (UK) Media type Print (Hardcover) Pages 231 pp ISBN 0140013008 OCLC Number 16191150 The Death of Grass (aka No Blade of Grass) is a 1956 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by the English author John Christopher, the first in a series of post-apocalyptic novels written by him. It deals with the concept of a virus that kills off all forms of grass. The novel was written "in a matter of weeks" and liberated Christopher (a pen name for Samuel Youd) from his day job. It was retitled No Blade of Grass for the US edition as supposedly the US publisher thought the original title "sounded like something out of a gardening catalogue". The film