#johnchristopher

2025-04-01

Holiday #reading for #Scotland trip arrived. Note to self… ‘offensive’ language not allowed when giving feedback on eBay! I altered ‘idiot’ to ‘buffoon’ and that was OK apparently. In hindsight I prefer that! Going to use it more.
#Tripods #JohnChristopher #Books

Cover for the tripods by John ChristopherBack coverEBay reviewEBay review
2024-05-31

My childhood trauma was watching "The Tripods" on German TV (ZDF) and not getting a third season! About 15 years later I finally read the books and could get some closure. And now I have the DVDs! Did you watch this series back then? What did you think about it?
#johnchristopher #TheTripods

The DVD cover for the German edition of SciFi series "The Tripods" showing the three legged walking machine of the aliens as well as the three main characters, adolescent boys.
Christopher LovegroveCalmgrove@bookstodon.com
2023-10-21

'Carry their sun with them': a review of #JohnChristopher's 'catastrophe cosy' A World in Winter which turns much in its head. #1962Club #RIPxviii

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The Tripodsthe_tripods
2023-04-16

Today would have been Youd's (aka ) birthday. He wrote . Sadly, he is no longer with us! We wish his family and friends well.

2023-04-01

Holiday reading - watched it on telly and had the spectrum game - thought it worth a re-read! #TheTripods #JohnChristopher

Cover of John Christopher’s combined edition of The Tripods - with a cover showing a still from the BBC production
quoteallthethings #Yang2020 🐉quoteallthethings@quitter.im
2019-07-07
The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it's something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for... #JohnChristopher #aphorisms https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-christopher-quotes/#df0f848a
quoteallthethings #Yang2020 🐉quoteallthethings@quitter.im
2019-05-25
In the early stages of writing children's books, an experienced lady editor said that while girls read boys' books, the converse was not true, and I may have been influenced by that.... #JohnChristopher #aphorism https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-christopher-quotes/#44c81dc0
quoteallthethings #Yang2020 🐉quoteallthethings@quitter.im
2019-05-21
In the early stages of writing children's books, an experienced lady editor said that while girls read boys' books, the converse was not true, and I may have been influenced by that.... #JohnChristopher #citations https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-christopher-quotes/#44c81dc0

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