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  • (Tears) The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    From jdnicoll@jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) to rec.arts.sf.written on Sun May 10 13:00:28 2026
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    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone
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  • From Cryptoengineer@petertrei@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Sun May 10 12:25:23 2026
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    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt
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  • From William Hyde@wthyde1953@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Sun May 10 15:48:27 2026
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    James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    One of your commenters thinks John Christopher is new wave?

    Is "new wave" just a descriptor of "fiction I don't like" for some
    people or has the commenter confused Christopher with someone else?

    William Hyde
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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Sun May 10 23:58:41 2026
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    On 5/10/2026 11:25 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt

    Meh. It ain't no "Earth Abides" by George Stewart.

    Lynn

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  • From Cryptoengineer@petertrei@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon May 11 20:00:06 2026
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    On 5/11/2026 12:58 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 11:25 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt

    Meh.-a It ain't no "Earth Abides" by George Stewart.

    It's a bigger genre than you may realize.



    https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/tag.cgi?7383

    pt
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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Mon May 11 20:54:11 2026
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    On 5/11/2026 7:00 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/11/2026 12:58 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 11:25 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal. >>>>
    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt

    Meh.-a It ain't no "Earth Abides" by George Stewart.

    It's a bigger genre than you may realize.



    https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/tag.cgi?7383

    pt

    Out of the "cozy catastrophe" category, I have read "The Girl Who Owned
    a City", "Station Eleven", "Malevil", "On The Beach", "Childhood's End", "Earth Abides", and "The Time Machine".

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Tue May 12 14:51:56 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.arts.sf.written

    On 5/10/2026 11:25 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt

    BTW, my favorite genre is Space Opera. My second favorite genre is Apocalyptic fiction. My third favorite genre is Paranormal fiction.

    If you mix the Space Opera with Paranormal (Liaden Universe), I am on
    Cloud Nine.

    Lynn

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  • From Robert Woodward@robertaw@drizzle.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Tue May 12 21:45:01 2026
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    In article <10u00cs$27a4i$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 5/10/2026 11:25 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal.

    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt

    BTW, my favorite genre is Space Opera. My second favorite genre is Apocalyptic fiction. My third favorite genre is Paranormal fiction.

    If you mix the Space Opera with Paranormal (Liaden Universe), I am on
    Cloud Nine.


    What about the origin story of the Liaden Universe, _Crystal Soldier_ & _Crystal Dragon? Don't they add Apocalyptic fiction to the mix?
    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. rCo-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward robertaw@drizzle.com
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  • From Lynn McGuire@lynnmcguire5@gmail.com to rec.arts.sf.written on Wed May 13 02:18:41 2026
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    On 5/12/2026 11:45 PM, Robert Woodward wrote:
    In article <10u00cs$27a4i$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    On 5/10/2026 11:25 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
    On 5/10/2026 9:00 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
    The Death of Grass by John Christopher

    A crop blight offers the British a chance to apply to the UK the
    same pragmatic measures they used during famines in Ireland and Bengal. >>>>
    https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/alone

    I'd be curious to see Lynn's reaction to the British 'cozy
    catastrophe' sub genre. They are a a trans-Atlantic greataunt
    to his favorite Post-EMP subgenre.

    pt

    BTW, my favorite genre is Space Opera. My second favorite genre is
    Apocalyptic fiction. My third favorite genre is Paranormal fiction.

    If you mix the Space Opera with Paranormal (Liaden Universe), I am on
    Cloud Nine.


    What about the origin story of the Liaden Universe, _Crystal Soldier_ & _Crystal Dragon? Don't they add Apocalyptic fiction to the mix?

    Yup, I forgot about those. The perfect trifecta.

    Lynn

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  • From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to rec.arts.sf.written on Wed May 13 11:12:40 2026
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    On 2026-05-12, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

    BTW, my favorite genre is Space Opera. My second favorite genre is Apocalyptic fiction. My third favorite genre is Paranormal fiction.

    If you mix the Space Opera with Paranormal (Liaden Universe),

    There is also Peter F. Hamilton's _Night's Dawn_ triology, aka
    _The Reality Dysfunction_ and sequels, which combines great
    space opera with the return of the dead (ewww).
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    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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