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A Scent of New-Mown Hay (1958)

par John Blackburn

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"The story has a nightmarish excitement and maintains a brilliant pace . . . the best of its kind this season." - Detroit News " S]pine-chilling . . . a far-reaching plot linking the horror camps of the Nazis, the frozen wastes of Russia and the work of British Secret Intelligence. . . . T]his is 'must' reading for horror fans." - Calgary Herald "I began to read: and then read and read and read." - John Creasey, Books of the Month "Good, insomniac science-fiction." - Listener With a plot featuring Cold War intrigue, Nazi mad scientists, and a pandemic that threatens to destroy humanity by mutating people into fungoid monsters, it is not hard to see why A Scent of New-Mown Hay (1958) became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and an instant science-fiction classic. After a British ship's crew and a remote Russian village are wiped out in mysterious and horrible fashion, General Charles Kirk of British Foreign Intelligence sets out to investigate. As the plague spreads to England, Kirk's frantic search leads him from the desolate tundra of Russia to the ruins of a Nazi camp, the site of unthinkable wartime atrocities. But who is responsible? Is it a Soviet experiment gone horribly wrong, the work of a depraved madman, or something else entirely? And can it be stopped? In this, his first and still best-known novel, the prolific John Blackburn (1923-1993) introduced the formula he was to employ so successfully in his career, seamlessly blending mystery, horror, and science fiction to create a thrilling bestseller that readers found impossible to put down. This edition, the first in more than thirty years, includes a new introduction by Prof. Darren Harris-Fain and a reproduction of the scarce original jacket art by Peter Curl.… (plus d'informations)
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Un vecchio mercantile lancia l'S.O.S., dopo di che non si hanno più notizie della nave e dell'equipaggio. Un ufficiale russo ordina il bombardamento di un villaggio dal quale è stata fatta evacuare in fretta e furia la popolazione. In un piccolo centro inglese una donna decide che per curare il suo strano e improvviso mal di denti non c'è niente di meglio che chiudersi a chiave nella sua stanza, distendersi sul letto e restarsene immobile nell'oscurità. Tre episodi apparentemente estranei l'uno all'altro. Ma solo apparentemente. E' in seguito a questi episodi che al generale Kirk del Servizio Segreto inglese, al direttore del Laboratorio di Ricerche di Farhill, al giovane biologo Tony Heath, ai migliori scienziati russi e americani, ai più efficienti poliziotti tedeschi, vengono affidati incarichi segretissimi da condurre a termine entro pochi giorni. Se gli uomini interessati non risolveranno i loro problemi prima che sul mondo passi il vento proveniente da Est, sarà la fine della razza umana. La morte viene col vento è un autentico capolavoro di una nuova forma di fantascienza che si è andata affermando in America e in Inghilterra, e che si può definire "fantascienza psicologica". Questa è la storia di un odio nato dalla miseria e dal terrore, un odio che ha generato la più pericolosa forma di pazzia, quella che prende vita e cresce e ingigantisce nel cervello di una creatura di eccezionale intelligenza. La pericolosa pazzia di un genio.
  M.Antonia | Mar 12, 2021 |
A good idea but the coincidences were too much to make this even remotely believable

A good thriller nevertheless

Bigship

17/Nov/2013 ( )
  bigship | Nov 17, 2013 |
Don't know if I even finished it, but somewhat tedious
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  Georges_T._Dodds | Mar 30, 2013 |
SEL writes: "Spooky "current" SF 1958. {Brink} of Cold War, USA vs. USSR SEL
  sterlingelanier | Sep 26, 2012 |
One of my favorite books of all time. Read it in the early 60's and still enjoy rereading it from time to time. Although it was written during the Cold War era, with the many threats to the world today it still feels up to date. It keeps the tension building throughout as the race is on to keep the horror contained and to save all life on earth. Contains some really scary moments. A short first novel but dense and effective -- Mr. Blackburn doesn't waste words in telling this compelling, suspenseful tale. Truly, this is his masterpiece. ( )
  moonmau | Dec 5, 2011 |
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"The story has a nightmarish excitement and maintains a brilliant pace . . . the best of its kind this season." - Detroit News " S]pine-chilling . . . a far-reaching plot linking the horror camps of the Nazis, the frozen wastes of Russia and the work of British Secret Intelligence. . . . T]his is 'must' reading for horror fans." - Calgary Herald "I began to read: and then read and read and read." - John Creasey, Books of the Month "Good, insomniac science-fiction." - Listener With a plot featuring Cold War intrigue, Nazi mad scientists, and a pandemic that threatens to destroy humanity by mutating people into fungoid monsters, it is not hard to see why A Scent of New-Mown Hay (1958) became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic and an instant science-fiction classic. After a British ship's crew and a remote Russian village are wiped out in mysterious and horrible fashion, General Charles Kirk of British Foreign Intelligence sets out to investigate. As the plague spreads to England, Kirk's frantic search leads him from the desolate tundra of Russia to the ruins of a Nazi camp, the site of unthinkable wartime atrocities. But who is responsible? Is it a Soviet experiment gone horribly wrong, the work of a depraved madman, or something else entirely? And can it be stopped? In this, his first and still best-known novel, the prolific John Blackburn (1923-1993) introduced the formula he was to employ so successfully in his career, seamlessly blending mystery, horror, and science fiction to create a thrilling bestseller that readers found impossible to put down. This edition, the first in more than thirty years, includes a new introduction by Prof. Darren Harris-Fain and a reproduction of the scarce original jacket art by Peter Curl.

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