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.]
U5 -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.]
U5 -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.
U5 -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.
U3 -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.]
U5 -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.]
U5 -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
U3 -John Christopher [pseud.]
U5 -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.
U3 -John Christopher [pseud.]
U5 -L, PSt
ER -