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If ever you feel that your day is too cheerful, go read John Christopher's The Death Of Grass; it'll sort you right out. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941
by david-given 10y ago
If ever you feel that your day is too cheerful, go read John Christopher's The Death Of Grass; it'll sort you right out.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941731.The_Death_of_Grass http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/941731.The_Death_of_Grass
In it, a rice virus mutates and wipes out all grass crops in Asia and Europe --- rice, wheat, barley, oats, you name it.
tl:dr: it doesn't go well.
- orf 10y agoReally really great book, not particularly long but very engrossing (and pretty depressing!)
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- cpeterso 10y agoA film was made of the book in 1970: No Blade of Grass. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066154/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066154/
- TheOtherHobbes 10y ago+ 1 - excellent, but incredibly depressing book, from a writer who's often overlooked.
- lightsighter 10y agoTo be fair, as someone with Celiac disease, living in that world might be a little easier for me than living in present day America (minus the obvious implications for the end of society as we know it).
- cpursley 10y agoDoubtful, because the demand for calories would shift to other sources (the sources you currently consume) and increase the price substantially. Also, I've found that the United States is one of the best places at accommodating alternative diets.
- WalterBright 10y agoMy copy of it is entitled "No Blade of Grass".