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Author Index B	John Blackburn
Title Index A	A Scent of New-Mown Hay


Year	1958
Publisher	New English Library (Secker and Warburg)
ISBN	450031381

Synopsis	A nameless pestilence is threatening humanity through the female of the species. A vast area of Russia is sealed off, the inhabitants evacuated and the village razed to the ground. Linked together these two facts begin a horrifying trail which started in a biological research station in wartime Germany and leads to the first reported outbreak of the pestilence in England ...

Review	John Blackburn's A Scent of New-Mown Hay is a vividly authentic novel and is already recognised as a science fiction classic. 'The story has a nightmarish excitement and maintains a brilliant pace ... the best of its kind this season.' Detroit News

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	Credit: NASA
The Face on Mars This image, showing what looks to be a human face sculpted on the martian surface, was produced using data from NASA's Viking 1 orbiter in 1976. Described in a press release as a "face-like hill" it caused some to offer the sensational speculation that it was an artificial construct built by an intelligent civilization on Mars! As a result, this image was splashed across the covers of many grocery store tabloids at the time. A detailed analysis of multiple images of this feature reveals a natural looking martian hill whose illusory face-like appearance depends on viewing angle and angle of illumination. Picture Credit: NASA,Viking Project.
NASA Image of the day archive

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