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John Christopher

(Christoper Samuel Youd)
UK  (1922 - )
aka
Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye, Christopher S Youd
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About John Christopher
John Christopher is perhaps best known for his Tripods Trilogy - The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, and The Pool of Fire, plus its prequel When The Tripods Came; and also his Sword of the Spirits Trilogy - The Prince is Waiting, Beyond the Burning Lands and The Sword of the Spirits. His most recent title was A Dusk of Demons.
 
Novels
The Winter Swan (1949)
The Year of the Comet (1955)
     aka Planet in Peril
The Death of Grass (1956)
     aka No Blade of Grass
The Caves of Night (1958)
A Scent of White Poppies (1959)
The Long Voyage (1960)
     aka The White Voyage
The World in Winter (1962)
     aka The Long Winter
Cloud on Silver (1964)
     aka Sweeney's Island
The Possessors (1964)
A Wrinkle in the Skin (1965)
     aka The Ragged Edge
The Little People (1966)
Pendulum (1968)
The Lotus Caves (1969)
The Guardians (1970)
Dom and Va (1973)
     aka In The Beginning
Wild Jack (1974)
Empty World (1977)
A Dusk of Demons (1993)
Bad Dream (2003)
The Year of the CometThe Death of GrassThe Caves of NightA Scent of White Poppies
The Long VoyageThe World in WinterCloud on SilverThe Possessors
A Wrinkle in the SkinThe Little PeoplePendulumThe Lotus Caves
The GuardiansDom and VaWild JackEmpty World
A Dusk of DemonsBad Dream
 
Collections
The Twenty-Second Century
 
Anthologies containing stories by John Christopher
No Place Like EarthStories for TomorrowTales of Science FictionTales of Unease
The Playboy Book of Horror and the SupernaturalThe 10th Pan Book of Horror StoriesMore Tales of UneaseThe Best Science Fiction Stories
To Follow a StarSpace StoriesDangerous Vegetables
 
Short stories
Christmas Tree (1949) (writing as Christopher S Youd)
Balance (1951)
Socrates (1951)
Mr Kowtshook (1953)
The New Wine (1954)
Manna (1955)
A Few Kindred Spirits (1965)Nebula (nominee)
Communication Problem (1966)
Rendezvous (1966)
The Little People (concluding part) (1967)
The Long Night (1974)
A Cry of Children
Hapladies (writing as Anthony Rye)
Ringing Tone
Weapon


Awards
Nebula Best Short story nominee (1966) : A Few Kindred Spirits


Books about John Christopher
John Christopher: Master of All Genres (1989) by Phil Stephensen-Payne
 

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