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Conference noted::sf

Title:	Arcana Caelestia
Notice:	Directory listings are in topic 2
Moderator:	NETRIX::thomas

Created:	Thu Dec 08 1983
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1300
Total number of notes:	18728

498.0. "John Christopher" by ARMORY::CHARBONND () Mon Jun 29 1987 14:46

    Back in '72 I saw the film version of "No Blade Of Grass",
    the novel by John Christopher. I found this book years
    later. I recently added "The Long Winter" to my collection.
    Several questions :
    
    1. has anyone else seen this film ?
    2. Is this film available on VHS ?
    3. Does anyone have a list of the authors' other works ?
    4. Are any still in print ? The 2 I have are old paperbacks.
    
    For those unfamiliar with NBOG, the plot revolves around
    a plague that kills all the grasses, and the efforts of a
    London family to reach shelter in the country. Remember,
    wheat,corn,rice,bamboo,oats,rye etc. are ALL grasses.
    The author was way ahead of the current ecology movements.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
498.1	RE 498.0	EDEN::KLAES	The Universe is safe.	`Mon Jun 29 1987 17:03`	8
	This sounds somewhat like the 1963 novel, THE WANTING SEED, whch dealt with overpopulation and a blight which wiped out most of the world's food sources. Is this movie based on this book? Larry
498.2		AKOV76::BOYAJIAN	In the d\|i\|g\|i\|t\|a\|l mood	`Tue Jun 30 1987 02:43`	42
	re:.1 Two completely different books. As said in .0, the film NO BLADE OF GRASS was based on the book of the same title (which was originally titled THE DEATH OF GRASS) by John Christopher. THE WANTING SEED was written by Anthony Burgess (author of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE). re:.0 John Christopher (real name: Christopher Youd) is most well- known for two young-adult trilogies: THE PRINCE IN WAITING THE WHITE MOUNTAINS BEYOND THE BURNING LANDS THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD THE SWORD OF THE SPIRITS THE POOL OF FIRE Both of these trilogies are almost perpetually in print. The first two books of the latter trilogy have been adapted as British mini-series under the title THE TRIPODS. Other sf books of his, which, alas, are mostly out of print at the moment, are: THE TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY [collection] THE YEAR OF THE COMET [aka PLANET IN PERIL] THE LONG WINTER [aka THE WORLD IN WINTER] THE POSSESSORS SWEENEY'S ISLAND [aka CLOUD ON SILVER] A WRINKLE IN THE SKIN [aka THE RAGGED EDGE] THE LITTLE PEOPLE PENDULUM THE LOTUS CAVES THE GUARDIANS DOM AND VA WILD JACK EMPTY WORLD I know I'm missing a couple of fairly recent juveniles, but what the hey. --- jerry
498.3		ARMORY::CHARBONND		`Tue Jun 30 1987 08:30`	1
	Thanks Jerry, Is he still actively writing ? Dana
498.4		INK::KALLIS	Hallowe'en should be legal holiday	`Tue Jun 30 1987 09:12`	5
	A small point of interest: _No Blade of Grass_ was serialized in the old _Saturday Evening Post_. Not many science-fiction novels can make that claim. Steve Kallis, Jr.
498.5		AKOV76::BOYAJIAN	In the d\|i\|g\|i\|t\|a\|l mood	`Wed Jul 01 1987 05:20`	11
	re:.3 As far as I know. re:.4 Well, if you only count novels, yes, you're right. But there have been a substantial number of sf/fantasy short stories in SEP, not a few by Heinlein. --- jerry