The Iron Man (novel)
1968 novel by Ted Hughes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights is a 1968 science fiction novel by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, first published by Faber and Faber in the UK with illustrations by George Adamson.[1] Described by some as a modern fairy tale,[2] it narrates the unexpected arrival in England of a giant "metal man" of unknown origin who rains destruction on the countryside by eating industrial farm equipment, before befriending a small boy and defending the world from a dragon from outer space. Expanding the narrative beyond a criticism of warfare and inter-human conflict, Hughes later wrote a sequel, The Iron Woman (1993), describing retribution based on environmental themes related to pollution.
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Author | Ted Hughes |
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Illustrator | George Adamson (first) Andrew Davidson (1985) |
Genre | Science fiction |
Published | 1968 (Faber and Faber, UK) 1968 (Harper & Row, US) 1985 (Faber and Faber, int'l) 1999 (Knopf, 30th Anniv. Ed.) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Pages | 59 pp. |
Followed by | The Iron Woman |
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