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Subject: Author Lists: John Christopher
From: JWenn.ESAE@xerox.COM
Date: 6 Dec 89 11:08:41 GMT




John Christopher is now best known for his good juvenile (young adult,
whatever you want to call them) novels.  The ones I've read (The Tripods
Trilogy) was a pretty good post-alien invasion yarn.  The first two novels
were produced as a BBC TV mini-series.

John Christopher's earlier fame, however, was as one of several brits who
destroyed civilazation in dozens of ways in the late 50's & early 60's.
Other members of this exclusive club include J. G. Ballard and John
Wyndham.  The best of these is probably "No Blade of Grass" (also filmed).
In it, a world wide plague kills all variety of grass.  Which doesn't sound
too bad until you realise that rice, wheat, oats, rye, etc. all all
"grasses".  He follows several ordinary people through the entire disaster.

He's also written in a variety of other genres using the names Anthony Rye,
William Godfrey, Peter Nichols, Samuel Youd, Peter Graf and Hilary Ford.

[C] == Short Story Collection
[J] == The book is for juveniles (however you define them)
[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books
aka == Also known by this other title

/John

arpa: JWenn.ESAE@Xerox.com

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Youd, Christopher Samuel [U.K., 4/16/1922- ]
    [as John Christopher]
    Triopds Series:
        The Tripods Trilogy [1980] [O] [J]
            The White Mountains [1967]
            The City of Gold and Lead [1967]
            The Pool of Fire [1968]
        When the Tripods Came [1988] [prequel]
    The Sword of the Spirits Trilogy [1980] [O] [J] [aka "The Prince
                                    in Waiting Trilogy"]
        The Prince in Waiting [1970]
        Beyond the Burning Lands [1971]
        The Sword of the Spirits [1972]
    Other Juveniles: [J]
        The Lotus Caves [1969]
        The Guardians [1970]
        Dom and Va [1973]
        Wild Jack [1974]
        Empty World [1977]
        Fireball [1981]
        New Found Land [1983]
        Dragon Dance [1986]
    The Twenty-Second Century [1954] [C]
    The Year of the Comet [1955] [aka "Planet in Peril"]
    No Blade of Grass [1956] [aka "The Death of Grass"] 
    The Long Winter [1962] [aka "The World in Winter"]
    The Possessors [1964]
    Sweeny's Island [1964] [aka "Cloud on Silver"]
    The Ragged Edge [1965] [aka "A Wrinkle in the Skin"]
    The Little People [1967]
    Pendulum [1968]