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Publishing the novels of Sam Youd (see also Hilary Ford, Peter Graaf, William Godfrey, Stanley Winchester, John Christopher, ...)
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tripodscast.bsky.social
If you haven't already, we devoted an episode to Sam Youd, with participation from @sylepress.bsky.social 'Happy Birthday Sam, RIP'
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Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 10: The Worlds of Sam Youd - 'Heaving bosoms and that kind of thing.' Photo of author Sam Youd, AKA John Christopher, creator of The Tripods Trilogy (amongst many others). He is looking happy, towards the camera.
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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nightjargames.bsky.social
Other purchases from the Scholastic Book Fair that got me drawing:
Cover from the Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper. A spooky character on an evil looking horse rears above a young boy in a doorway. Covers from the Sword and the Spirits Trilogy by John Christopher. Post-apocalyptic Arthurian hijinks, radiation, and a giant rolling amoeboid monster that haunts my present day bestiaries. Cover image from "Exiles of Colsec", plucky teens again, this time the alien colonizers is us.
December 18, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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binnig.bsky.social
I read everything I could find by John Christopher in elementary school, then forgot about his existence for years.

The “Sword of the Spirits” trilogy is even better than the Tripods books, imo.
November 27, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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mrtimnewman.bsky.social
1. Nobody told my new teacher I had to have special books. I picked out the prince in waiting trilogy by John Christopher. Hundreds more pages than normal. I then punished my way through more words in a week across a book a day than I had in all my previous years of school.
December 14, 2024 at 10:49 AM
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ianmac.bsky.social
Sam Youd (John Christopher) definitely covered both ends of the science-fiction / fantasy genre with his adult and YA books.

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February 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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billydee123.bsky.social
#BookSky Checkpoint 💙📚

The last book you read, the last book you added to your TBR, the last book you bought, and your current read
Last book I finished, When the Tripods Came by John Christopher (2 boys running from alien tripods) Last book added to my TBR, The Prince in Waiting trilogy by John Christopher (man holding gun, in front of woman) Last book I bought. Swallowtail and Sword by H. Leighton Dickson (photo of sword handle and butterfly) Currently Reading. Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue by W.J. Burley (photo of Inspector Wycliffe)
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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tripodscast.bsky.social
Yes, they do re-read well! One of our co-hosts read The #Tripods novels, and watched the #BBC TV series for the first time. anchor.fm/the-tripodscast
Tripodscast - Exploring The Tripods Trilogy by John Christopher. Episode 1: The White Mountains. Now a thrilling podcast series! Main image is a photo of three lead characters dressed like yokels from the 19th Century. They are teenage boys smiling towards the camera, left-right: Will Parker (John Shackley), Henry Parker (Jim Baker), Bean-Pole (Ceri Seel).
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM