Silent Spring Author:Rachel Carlson Silent Spring, winner of 8 awards, is the history-making bestseller that stunned the world with its terrifying revelations about our contaminated planet. No science-fiction nightmare can equal the power of this authentic and chilling portrait of the unseen destroyers which have already begun to change the shape of life as we know it. — Silent Spr... more »ing is a devastating attack on human carelessness, greed and irresponsibility. It should be read by every American who does not want it to be the epitaph of a world not very far beyond us in time.