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Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods.
The Tripods is a series of young adult science fiction novels by John Christopher.The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity is enslaved by "Tripods" – gigantic three-legged walking machines piloted by an alien race later identified as the "Masters".
The Death of Grass (US title No Blade of Grass) is a 1956 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by the English author Sam Youd under the pen name John Christopher. The plot concerns a virus that kills off grass species, including rice and wheat. The Death of Grass was the first of several post-apocalyptic novels written by Youd. The ...
The Sword of the Spirits is a trilogy of young adult novels written by Sam Youd under his pseudonym John Christopher. [1] The stories are set in the South of England, mostly in Hampshire, in a post-apocalyptic future where, due to a worldwide ecological catastrophe, life has reverted to a militaristic, medieval setting of walled cities and perpetual warfare.
The Guardians is a young-adult science fiction novel written by John Christopher and published by Hamilton in 1970.. Set in the year 2052, it depicts an authoritarian England divided into two distinct societies: the modern, overpopulated "Conurbs" and the aristocratic, rarefied "County".
The Tripods is a television adaptation of John Christopher's The Tripods series of novels. It was jointly produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom and the Seven Network in Australia. [ 1 ] The music soundtrack was written by Ken Freeman .
While the defendant’s attorney argues self-defense, a prosecutor told North Texas jurors that the defendant said, “I should have told my wife” after his arrest in 2017 on murder charges.
Wild Jack is a 1974 young adult science fiction novel written by the English prize-winning author John Christopher. [1] Set in twenty-third century England, the plot concerns the young aristocrat Clive Anderson, who lives in decadent isolation within one of many walled-in hierarchal city-states, whose walls keep out the dangerous wilderness of the Outlands, and the barbaric savages known to ...