Stanley Winchester (1922–2012)
Autor/a de The White Mountains
Sobre l'autor
Nota de desambiguació:
(eng) Christopher Samuel Youd wrote under a number of pseudonyms, the most important of which was John Christopher. Some pages also list William Vine as a pseudonym, but there are no works listed under that name anywhere.
The single-author pages are combined here; if the name is shared with another author, the works are aliased here.
Author names combined: Christopher Youd, Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford.
Split author names where the works are aliased here: John Christopher(1).
No author page at present: Peter Graaf.
Author page exists, but has no works by Youd: Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye.
Obres de Stanley Winchester
Socrates [short story] 4 exemplars
Felix Walking 3 exemplars
The Drop [short story] 3 exemplars
Man of Destiny [short story] 2 exemplars
Weapon [short story] 2 exemplars
Christmas Tree [short story] 2 exemplars
Colonial [short story] 1 exemplars
Balance [short story] 1 exemplars
Inte den du tror 1 exemplars
Vacation [short story] 1 exemplars
Christmas Roses [short story] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
To follow a star: Nine science fiction stories about Christmas (1977) — Col·laborador — 10 exemplars
Gateway To The Stars: A Science Fiction Anthology — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Historier fra andre verdener — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 32 (April 1953) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Youd, Christopher Samuel
- Altres noms
- Christopher, John
Ford, Hilary
Godfrey, William
Graaf, Peter
Nichols, Peter
Rye, Anthony - Data de naixement
- 1922-04-16
- Data de defunció
- 2012-02-03
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- UK
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- England, UK
- Lloc de naixement
- Knowsley, Lancashire, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- Bath, Somerset, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
Guernsey, Bailiwick of Guernsey
Rye, Sussex, England, UK - Educació
- Peter Symonds' School
- Professions
- writer
- Premis i honors
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (1976)
- Nota de desambiguació
- Christopher Samuel Youd wrote under a number of pseudonyms, the most important of which was John Christopher. Some pages also list William Vine as a pseudonym, but there are no works listed under that name anywhere.
The single-author pages are combined here; if the name is shared with another author, the works are aliased here.
Author names combined: Christopher Youd, Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford.
Split author names where the works are aliased here: John Christopher(1).
No author page at present: Peter Graaf.
Author page exists, but has no works by Youd: Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye.
Membres
Converses
70s-80s?, fantasy, post-apocalyptic, journey, YA?, trilogy a Name that Book (desembre 2013)
Sci/fi trilogy: creatures killed by hitting their noses, boy riding a hot air balloon on the cover a Name that Book (gener 2013)
Ressenyes
Llistes
Best Dystopias (2)
Best First Lines (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 56
- També de
- 32
- Membres
- 11,954
- Popularitat
- #1,963
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 267
- ISBN
- 434
- Llengües
- 11
My main criticism of this book is that the author takes for granted that only boys would be recruited to join the resistance against the Tripods. Ugh, as if! The book was written in 1967, so I suppose the author didn't even consider including a girl in his trio of Tripod resisters. There is only one significant female character in the book, a princess named Eloise, who seems to represent everything Will (the hero) stands against.
If you can get past the sexism, this would be a good read-alike for fans of [b:The Hunger Games|2767052|The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)|Suzanne Collins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358275334s/2767052.jpg|2792775]. It's less violent so I'd give it to younger readers who are dying to read HG but probably not ready for the murder and politics of Panem.… (més)