john christopher

Sam Youd pen name: John Christopher (mostly) and also Fantacynic, Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye. born Lancashire, England: 16 April 1922 died Bath, England: 3 February 2012 Sam Youd was a British author of science...

I'd guess this was a short story or novella, read in school early 80's so perhaps young adult Sci-Fi. A ring of satellites is about to be switched on which will make everyone telepathic, at the same time a space ship launches. Years later - everyone bar one is dead and she awaits the return of...

A rescue mission is sent to a moon base where the occupants are missing, dead. The suggestion and theme is that the base is haunted, and the deaths at the base were ritualistic or gruesome. I remember they find one survivor who is crazed. Paperback book I cannot find the title to. Help? THanks

This was a short story I read many years ago. Maybe in Analog. Maybe in the 80s. A space traveler returns to Earth to find society in meltdown. Whilst he's been away a scientist has released a virus(?) that has given everyone the ability to read everyone else's mind. People can't stand it...

I remember reading these when I was about 10, and being frightened by the 1980s TV show. They were pretty good, I think: in particular, the vision of ruined Europe and the idea of the "capping" ceremony stick in my mind. An Early Dystopian Trilogy About Resistance—and What Comes After

Like a dream where i remember only snippets and feelings, i remember bits and pieces from this book. I know i read it when i was less than 10 years old, so 20+ years ago. I do not know if it was a recent or classic publication at the time other than it was in my elementary(primary) school...

Just ran across this interview with the author of the Tripods books, No Bade of Grass, etc.: http://www.colinbrockhurst.co.uk/the-shattered-worlds-of-john-christopher/422/

A recent memory came rushing back to me of a science fiction book I read in my childhood. As it happened, it was the first book that ever made me look at life through a different lens. However, I can't for the life of me remember what it was called or even who the author is. This swelling memory...

John Christopher died yesterday (Feb. 4). http://sf-encyclopedia.com/news/john-christopher-%281922-2012%29/ Like many of us, I suppose, I have read little of his work -- the famous Tripods trilogy; No Blade of Grass; and one other, a young-adult post-plague kind of story. I saved the issues...

I'm looking for a book I did a project on in elementary school about 12 years ago. I never finished it and was very curious, but cannot remember enough to find it in a search. I distinctly remember the cover of the book having many hands coming up from the bottom, in a reaching way. The book...

Read a book series when I was a kid. Forgive me if I'm not describing everything correctly. I have read many book and may mix in detail from other books, but I hope not.:confused: Plot was based on post apocalyptic world where everyone lived in castles. Main character was a young man that...

I'm looking for the Title and Author of a Sci-Fi book I read as a kid. Basically, the story was about two kids living on the moon who take the moon rover out for a spin, and come across a hermit living in a cave. This cave has all sorts of beautiful plants and what not in it, and the hermit...

My father once read a book about how the sea drained and the secrets of the ocean floor were revealed. Mainly centered around the english channel so assume UK author from 1980's or older- any ideas?! :confused:

Tripods 1. When the Tripods Came (1967) 2. The White Mountains (1967) 3. The City of Gold and Lead (1967) 4. The Pool of Fire (1968) The Tripods Trilogy (omnibus) (1980) Tripods Boxed Set (omnibus) (2003) Prince in Waiting 1. The Prince in Waiting (1970) 2. Beyond the Burning Lands...