TY - ABST T1 - "Bad Dream" Y1 - 2000 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia of the European Union in twenty years still dealing with British nationalism, with Britain fighting for and winning independence.

JF - Spectrum SF VL - 4 - 6 U3 -

John Christopher [pseud.]

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Merril

ER - TY - ABST T1 - "A Journey South" Y1 - 1991 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Depopulated future and its problems and prophets. Appears to be eutopian but not from the viewpoint of the protagonist.

JF - Interzone VL - no. 44 U3 -

John Christopher [pseud.]

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MoU-St

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Empty World Y1 - 1977 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Young adult pandemic dystopia.

PB - Hamilton CY - London SN - 0241897513 0-525-29250-0 N1 -

U.S. ed. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. 134 pp.

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L, PSt

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Wild Jack Y1 - 1974 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Young adult novel set in 23rd century England in which an authoritarian dystopia is contrasted with an outlaw culture.

PB - Hamilton CY - London N1 -

U.S. ed. New York: Macmillan, 1974.

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John Christopher [pseud.]

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Guardians Y1 - 1970 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. Overcrowded cities for the proletariat. Rural life for the aristocracy. Maintained by psychological conditioning and brain surgery.

PB - Hamish Hamilton CY - London U3 -

John Christopher [pseud.]

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DLC, L

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Pendulum Y1 - 1968 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

An authoritarian religious dystopia develops out of a collapsing British economy and dysfunctional government.

PB - Simon and Schuster CY - New York U3 -

John Christopher [pseud.]

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The White Mountains Y1 - 1967 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

First volume of a young adult trilogy, followed by The City of Gold and Lead. New York: Macmillan and The Pool of Fire. New York: Macmillan, 1968. The trilogy is concerned with the dystopia created by alien invaders and the successful fight against them, and the dystopia of mental and physical control occurs throughout the trilogy.

PB - Macmillan CY - New York U3 -

John Christopher [pseud.]

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PSt

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Death of Grass Y1 - 1956 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Post-catastrophe dystopia. Violence, breakdown of communities, and the struggle to survive.

PB - Michael Joseph CY - London N1 -

Rpt. as The Death of Grass. A Novel. Penguin, 2009 with an “Introduction” by Robert Macfarlane (v-xii). U.S. edition as No Blade of Grass. A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957. Rpt. without the subtitle. New York: Avon, 1967. A film was made under the U.S. title and directed by Cornel Wilde (Cornelius Louis Wilde 1912-89) (1970) with a screenplay by Sean Forestal and Wilde writing as Jefferson Pascal. PSt

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John Christopher [pseud.]

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PSt

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Year of the Comet Y1 - 1955 A1 - [Sam] [Youd] (1922-2012) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

A corporate dystopia with the world divided into companies rather than nations.

PB - Michael Joseph CY - London N1 -

US ed. as Planet in Peril. New York: Avon, 1959.

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John Christopher [pseud.]

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L, PSt

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