Apocalyptic Literature
The Wooden Sea: A Novel (Jonathan Carroll) ---»
...Small towns. Police chiefs. Resurrected dogs. Like TC Boyle, Jonathan Carroll is part history, part personal bard, but with an additional mixture of scifi and magical realism. The Wooden Sea is an excellent purview of what life in a small upstate new york town might be like if Neil Turoks physics were in charge of [...]
Welcome to a Week of John Christopher Novels (John Christopher) ---»
...Today we start our Bookian Homage to the great author John Christopher. This exceptionally prolific British author, whose books are unfortunately difficult to come across, and many of which are now out of print, has entranced youngsters since the late 1960s with tales of post apocalyptic worlds and those who live within them. His most [...]
Beyond the Burning Lands, The Swords of the Spirits Trilogy (John Christopher) ---»
...In the second of the Swords of the Spirits trilogy, John Christopher continues the story of an unruly, angry youth who attempts to do right. The burning lands are a vast stretch laid to waste in the future by violent uphevals of the earth. This series is set in a luddite ruled world, where the [...]
Bad Dream (John Christopher) ---»
...An awesome book, one of John Christophers latest from 2003, in which Britain and the European Union are dealing with the strange threats that new technology brings to age old notions of freedom, humanity, et al. Once again Samuel Youd displays his craft at psychology: the characters are incredibly well written. He has a penchant [...]
Bella on the Roof (John Christopher) ---»
...This book is almost impossible to find, but well worth it. I will not give anything away, in the hopes of creating enough demand to bring about a reprint. – reviewed by reprint bella
Wild Jack (John Christopher) ---»
...Along the lines of John Christophers fascination with the everpresent struggle between the status quo and the individual, fertile and important ground for aspiring adults to live through, Wild Jack is one of those unfortunately out of print books which must be brought back into print. Written after the 1960s and in the closing mists [...]
No Blade of Grass (John Christopher) ---»
...In the spirit of the Cosy Catastrophe fiction, we begin an all out tribute to the works of John Christopher. The man of many pseudonyms, Samuel Youd aka John Christopher, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye, Stanley Winchester, is one of the great unpraised authors of the twentieth century. After No [...]
The Guardians (John Christopher) ---»
...An excellent parable, unfortunately almost entirely out of print, that should be read by all modern children: the problem of urban sprawl comes to the planetary island of England, and a young boy crosses the line from city to country. But which is worse? The dystopia and the exposing of two different types of control [...]
The Prince in Waiting, The Sword of the Spirits Trilogy (John Christopher) ---»
...This starts the trilogy by John Christopher of The Swords of the Spirits. We meet Luke, son of a lower class father who has risen through his own strengths to a position of some power. In the course of this book he deals with the death of family and freinds, divorce and adoption, and all [...]
The Sword of the Spirits, Sword of the Spirits Trilogy (John Christopher) ---»
...The Sword of the Spirits trilogy by John Christopher is one of the more intriguing young adult literature series, in part because it holds nothing back. The young hero is allowed to be angry, resentful, make mistakes, cause problems, and suffer the pangs of responsibility that come from growing into a role in society. It [...]
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