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John Christopher (2) (1956–)

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Christopher Samuel Youd was born on April 16, 1922, in Knowsley, Lancashire, England. He entered the Royal Signals corps during World War II. He published a dozen novels while working at an office job in London, writing in the evenings and on weekends. The success of a 1956 novel, The Death of mehr anzeigen Grass (titled No Blade of Grass in the United States), allowed him to become a full-time author. He wrote under the following pen names: Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols and Anthony Rye. Under the pen name John Christopher, he wrote the Tripods trilogy, The Sword of the Spirits trilogy, and The Fireball trilogy. He died from complications of bladder cancer on February 3, 2012 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

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Geburtstag
1956-08-02
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
UK
Geburtsort
Knowsley, Lancashire, England, UK

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Samuel Youd (John Christopher) 1922-2012 in Science Fiction Fans (Juni 2012)

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A delightful gallop through the history of military ballooning. Comprehensive but not too detailed, the author provides a very useful and readable history of one of the lesser known aspects of military aviation. The Napoleonic era, American Civil War, Siege of Paris all get individual chapters. WW1 is covered in slightly more detail, but the bulk of the book deals with WW2 and Post-War. There is much that was new to this reader, and I have read quite a lot on the subject over the years. The author even risks a discussion of balloons-vs-flying saucers and Roswell et al. It is well illustrated, although one or two photos appear out of sequence, and has a useful bibliography and index.… (mehr)
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Werke
42
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1
Mitglieder
143
Beliebtheit
#144,062
Bewertung
4.0
Rezensionen
1
ISBNs
480
Sprachen
12

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