<P> 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 . Described by some as a modern fairy tale , it describes the unexpected arrival in England of a giant `` metal man '' of unknown origin who rains destruction on the countryside by attacking industrial farm equipment , before befriending a small boy and defending the world from a monster 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . Described by some as a modern fairy tale , it describes the unexpected arrival in England of a giant `` metal man '' of unknown origin who rains destruction on the countryside by attacking industrial farm equipment , before befriending a small boy and defending the world from a monster 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 . </P>
when did ted hughes wrote the iron man
when did ted hughes wrote the iron man
1968
1968