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John Christopher

Born

in Huyton, Lancashire, The United Kingdom

April 16, 1922

Died

February 03, 2012

Website

http://thesylepress.com

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Historical Fiction

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Samuel Youd was born in Huyton, Lancashire in April 1922, during an unseasonable snowstorm.

As a boy, he was devoted to the newly emergent genre of science-fiction: ‘In the early thirties,’ he later wrote, ‘we knew just enough about the solar system for its possibilities to be a magnet to the imagination.’

Over the following decades, his imagination flowed from science-fiction into general novels, cricket novels, medical novels, gothic romances, detective thrillers, light comedies … In all he published fifty-six novels and a myriad of short stories, under his own name as well as eight different pen-names.

He is perhaps best known as John Christopher, author of the seminal work of speculative fiction, The Death of Grass (today available as a Pe ...more

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John Christopher’s books

Average rating: 3.93 · 52,833 ratings · 3,788 reviews · 140 distinct works • Similar authors

	The White Mountains (The Tripods, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 12,892 ratings — published 1967 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Grass 3.88 avg rating — 8,742 ratings — published 1956 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City of Gold and Lead 4.07 avg rating — 7,911 ratings — published 1967 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pool of Fire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,985 ratings — published 1968 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Tripods Came 3.80 avg rating — 4,334 ratings — published 1988 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tripods Trilogy (The Tripods, #1-3) 4.20 avg rating — 2,857 ratings — published 1967 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince in Waiting 3.87 avg rating — 971 ratings — published 1970 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empty World 3.84 avg rating — 856 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Burning Lands 3.88 avg rating — 827 ratings — published 1971 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tripods Boxed Set of 4 (The Tripods, #1-4) by John Christopher, Eric Lee 4.28 avg rating — 684 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by John Christopher

The Tripods (4 books)
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4.00 avg rating — 35,662 ratings

The Sword of the Spirits (4 books)
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The Fireball Trilogy (3 books)
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3.48 avg rating — 545 ratings

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Bird Box by Josh Malerman
2014, 305 pages, 3.95 stars
$11.99 Kindle, paper from $4 used.

4 votes, 26.7%

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
1924, 230 pages, 3.96 stars
99¢ Kindle, cheap used paperback

3 votes, 20.0%

Shades: The Gehenna Dilemma by Eric Dallaire
2015, 278 pages, 4.52 stars
99¢ Kindle, cheap used paperback

2 votes, 13.3%

Blindness by José Saramago
1995, 286 pages, 4.05 stars
$9.99 Kindle, cheap used paperback

2 votes, 13.3%

The Death of Grass by John Christopher
Also by the newer title No Blade of Grass
1956, 208 pages, 3.88 stars
used paper from $6.36
*Not available on Kindle*

2 votes, 13.3%

Earthbound by Mark R. Healy
2015, 360 pages, 4.43 stars
$2.99 Kindle, $12.99 print

1 vote, 6.7%

Flesh & Wires by Jackie Hatton
2015, 282 pages, 4 stars
$7.95 Kindle, used paper from $10.97

1 vote, 6.7%

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