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 [...]
The Possessors (John Christopher) ---»
...This is an excellent science fiction story which highlights John Cristophers virtuosity as a master of emotional writing. Fear, suspense, everything is wrapped up in an addictive story amongst the high alps. The only sad thing is, with all the global warming, it may eventually be hard to beleive people actually went skiing there, once [...]
The Tripods Set, When the Tripods Came, the White Mountains, the City of Gold and Lead, the Pool of Fire (John Christopher) ---»
...This is merely a boxed set of the Tripods series by John Christopher. Not as nice as having old copies from the 1960s and 70s, with their far superior cover art, but still the easiest way to get all the books in the series. – reviewed by bookian
Tripods Trilogy (John Christopher) ---»
...Another, earlier set of the Tripod series from 1988. This one is harder to find than the other published in 1999 by Aladdin Paperbacks, but the cover art is FAR superior. – reviewed by bookian
The Pool of Fire (John Christopher) ---»
...The last book in John Cristophers Tripod series, The Pool of Fire leads the child hero Will into the sticky wisdom which comes with maturity and of an organism undergoing metamorphosis. This is a rather fast paced and action oriented conclusion to the series, but one which through its imaginative backgrounds and deep psychological characterizations [...]
When the Tripods Came (John Christopher) ---»
...When the Tripods Came starts out the Tripod trilogy. Interestingly enough, it centers a lot around the mass hypnotism by a television broadcast show called the Trippy Show. Whats more scary… the alien force come to enslave the minds of humans, or the human broadcast technology that has nearly the same effect? – reviewed by [...]
The City of Gold and Lead (John Christopher) ---»
...The City of Gold and Lead, third in the John Christopher Tripod series, leads the hero Will deep into alien territory. There he learns about their race and plans by studying them in depth, but at no little danger. A well written and excitingly tense adventure in which characteristics of perception, study, and questioning leads [...]
A Wrinkle in the Skin (John Christopher) ---»
...This is a top quality novel in which the hero is an improbable horticulturist set adrift in a world made over by disaster. One of John Christophers more exciting novels and well paced, it is almost a taxonomy of human reactions in times of disaster and apocalypse, witnessed by the perceptive mind of a questioning [...]
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