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May 28, 2008
Michele
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A British (therefore stiff-upper-lippy) post-apocalypse novel, in which the Chung-Li virus destroys all grasses on the planet and a small band of friends and family must fight their way from London to an idyllic (defensible) valley in Wales. Not quite so I'm-the-man-and-I-will-save-you as Alas, Babylon, but more intense in that the effects are immediate rather than remote. Alas, Babylon has a very unrealistic view of survivable nuclear war; Grass gives us a world that's truly dead, no arguments,
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The Death of Grass delivers the most fascinating apocalyptic scenario. The utter failure of the food supply, which modern man often takes for granted, leads to the collapse of the delicate fabric of modern society and it's social contracts. In the age of plenitude we seldom remember how fine a line separates civilization and barbarism.
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Wow. Amazing book. Fast-paced. An apocalyptic view from the English perspective. Great read.
May 20, 2010
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