<p>It was mid-summer. Then suddenly it began to snow. Another joke on the British weather? But the snow kept on falling and greenish light pervaded all. What started off as a joke and a bother turned into national calamity as the snow kept on falling until normal life was completely stopped.<br>Then it was discovered that the snow was radioactive...<br> <br>John Boland (12 February 1913 ? 9 November 1976), a British novelist and science fiction a...