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What did you feel after you read this book?

Lippy I'm ready to barricade the house and garden, stock pile beans and dog food.....I get my hands on a few guns and a cross bow....regardless of when this…moreI'm ready to barricade the house and garden, stock pile beans and dog food.....I get my hands on a few guns and a cross bow....regardless of when this book was written, the basic human instincts are to survive at all costs! (less)

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This was originally titled "No Blade of Grass" ? Yes?

Shelley Death of Grass is the UK version, the American version was titled No Blade of Grass.

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Did they drop the bombs? I remember someone saw flashes, but it was later suggested they thought it hadn't been done.

Gary

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When was this book set? It sounds like it's set around the time it was written, about 10 years after WW2, but I didn't see many real clues.

Joel Menkes well before covid hit the world. You're probably right though since the book came out in 1956. Interesting how it's the chinese where the virus starte…morewell before covid hit the world. You're probably right though since the book came out in 1956. Interesting how it's the chinese where the virus started and how they kept it quiet. Meanwhile, back in real life, the spanish flu that killed so many in the world, the first cases discovered were in the US, then in france, and because of the world war and the desire to maintain morale, the outbreak was pretty much kept under wraps, just as the chinese did at the start. The spanish flu got it's name only because the spanish media put it out to the word as their king caught it. How does the british gvt handle it when the virus threatens its own land and people? Read the book and find out.

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