John Christopher
Source: "John Christopher Bibliography." Author Wars, https://authorwars.com/authors/john-christopher.html".
Pseudonyms:
Titles:
Chapter Books
- Unknown. In the Beginning
- Unknown. Return to Earth
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The World in Winter (abridged)
Collections
Essays
- Unknown. A Square Thinking Around
- Unknown. Afterword (The Rubaiyat of a Sciene-Fiction Fan)
- Unknown. An Afterword ... (A Lot of Fun Trying ...)
- Unknown. And the Same to You!
- Unknown. At the Bottom of My Garden
- Unknown. At the Bottom of My Garden (The Satellite, v2 #4)
- Unknown. At the Bottom of My Garden (The Satellite, v2 #5)
- Unknown. At the Bottom of My Garden (The Satellite, v2 #6)
- Unknown. At the Bottom of My Grave-Yard
- Unknown. August 'Oliday
- Unknown. Broadside
- Unknown. Contributors...
- Unknown. Department (The Fantast, May 1940)
- Unknown. Editorial (The Fantast, March 1941)
- Unknown. Editorial (The Fantast, May 1940)
- Unknown. Fantast's Folly (The Fantast, August 1939)
- Unknown. Fantast's Folly (The Fantast, May 1940)
- Unknown. Fantast's Folly (The Fantast, September 1939)
- Unknown. Letter (Amazing Stories, April 1938)
- Unknown. Letter (Astounding Stories, February 1938): On Artists and Authors.
- Unknown. Letter (Astounding, May 1939): "Have at Ye, Iconoclast!"
- Unknown. Letter (Spaceways, August 1939)
- Unknown. Letter (Tales of Wonder, #6): More About the "Cat Yarn"
- Unknown. Letter (The Fantast, April 1941)
- Unknown. Letter (The Fantast, November 1941)
- Unknown. Letter (The Fantast, October-November 1939)
- Unknown. Letter (The Satellite, v3 #2)
- Unknown. Letter (The Satellite, v3 #4)
- Unknown. Letter (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1937): Overseas Opinion
- Unknown. Letter (Weird Tales, December 1938): Concise Comments
- Unknown. Letter (Weird Tales, May 1939): Doubts Silenced
- Unknown. Letter: Concerning Pelicans (Zenith #3 December 1941)
- Unknown. Letter: The Critics! (Zenith #3 December 1941)
- Unknown. Letter: The Last Word (Zenith #3 December 1941)
- Unknown. Letter: The Last Word (Zenith #3 December 1941) [2]
- Unknown. Midsummer Madness
- Unknown. Mr. Burke and Mr. Youd
- Unknown. Mr. Burke and Mr. Youd _ Plus a Few Others! (Zenith #3 December 1941)
- Unknown. Preface to the Anniversary Edition (The City of Gold and Lead)
- Unknown. Science and Anti-Science
- Unknown. September Silliness
- Unknown. SF Under a Cloud
- Unknown. The Decline and Fall of the Bug-Eyed Monster
- Unknown. The Rubaiyat – An Exegesis
- Unknown. The Spirit of the New Age 1
- Unknown. Untitled ("And there is Russell Chauvenet.")
- 1938. Letter (Tales of Wonder, #3 Summer 1938): Not So Flattering
- 1993. Masters, Slaves, and Rebels: Dystopia As Defined and Defied
- 2017. Preface (The White Mountains)
Interviews
Magazine Editor
Novels
- Unknown. A Dusk of Demons
- Unknown. A Scent of White Poppies
- Unknown. A Última Fome
- Unknown. A Wrinkle in the Skin
- Unknown. Abenteuer zwischen zwei Welten
- Unknown. Babel Itself
- Unknown. Bad Dream
- Unknown. Beyond the Burning Lands
- Unknown. Brave Conquerors
- Unknown. Chung-Li - A Agonia do Verde
- Unknown. Cloud on Silver
- Unknown. Crown and Anchor
- Unknown. Das Geheimnis der dreibeinigen Monster
- Unknown. Das Schwert des Geistes
- Unknown. Das Tal des Lebens
- Unknown. De Stad van Goud en Lood
- Unknown. De Vuurpoel
- Unknown. De Witte Bergen
- Unknown. Der Fürst von morgen
- Unknown. Der Untergang der dreibeinigen Monster
- Unknown. Die Ankunft der dreibeinigen Monster
- Unknown. Die Feuerkugel
- Unknown. Die Lotushöhlen
- Unknown. Die Unheimlichen
- Unknown. Die Wächter
- Unknown. Dom and Va
- Unknown. Dragon Dance
- Unknown. Dreibeinige Monster auf Erdkurs
- Unknown. Empty World
- Unknown. Fireball
- Unknown. Flucht vor den Göttern
- Unknown. Giant's Arrow
- Unknown. Hinter dem brennenden Land
- Unknown. Holly Ash
- Unknown. I possessori
- Unknown. Il piccolo popolo
- Unknown. Insel ohne Meer
- Unknown. Leere Welt
- Unknown. Natten har onda ögon
- Unknown. Natten har onde øjne
- Unknown. Natten har onde øyne
- Unknown. New Found Land
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. Nälkäkuolema
- Unknown. O Ano do Cometa
- Unknown. Os Possessores
- Unknown. Palace of Strangers
- Unknown. Pendulum
- Unknown. Planet in Peril
- Unknown. Svältdöden
- Unknown. Sweeney's Island
- Unknown. Tanz der Drachen
- Unknown. The Caves of Night
- Unknown. The Choice
- Unknown. The City of Gold and Lead
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Guardians
- Unknown. The Little People
- Unknown. The Long Voyage
- Unknown. The Long Winter
- Unknown. The Lotus Caves
- Unknown. The Pool of Fire
- Unknown. The Possessors
- Unknown. The Prince in Waiting
- Unknown. The Ragged Edge
- Unknown. The Sapphire Conference
- Unknown. The Sword of the Spirits
- Unknown. The White Mountains
- Unknown. The White Voyage
- Unknown. The Winter Swan
- Unknown. The World in Winter
- Unknown. The Year of the Comet
- Unknown. Una ruga sulla Terra
- Unknown. When the Tripods Came
- Unknown. Wild Jack
- 1958. La peste verde
- 1965. ... e venne una cometa
- 1973. Morte dell'erba
- 1975. L'hiver éternel
- 1975. Terre brûlée
Omnibuses
- Unknown. Die dreibeinigen Monster
- Unknown. Forbandelsen / Natten har onde øjne
- Unknown. The Prince in Waiting Trilogy
- Unknown. The Sword of the Spirits
- Unknown. The Tripods Boxed Set
- Unknown. Tripods Trilogy
- 1975. Terre brûlée / L'hiver éternel
- 2014. The Tripods Collection
- 2015. In the Beginning
- 2016. Tripods: Die dreibeinigen Herrscher
Poems
- Unknown. Chinese Drinking Song
- Unknown. Culled from an Experiment...
- Unknown. Dialectic
- Unknown. Dreamer
- Unknown. Dreamer 2—"Loneliness"
- Unknown. Dreamer 3: Variation on a Rondeau
- Unknown. Dreamer 4
- Unknown. Dreamer 5
- Unknown. Each in His Own Tongue
- Unknown. End of the Crusade
- Unknown. Farmer
- Unknown. Lullaby
- Unknown. Monty
- Unknown. Mosaic
- Unknown. Snow I
- Unknown. Snow II
- Unknown. Song of Travel
- Unknown. The Black Prince
- Unknown. The Golden Road
- Unknown. The Rubaiyat of a Sciene-Fiction Fan
Reviews
- Unknown. 22nd Century
- Unknown. A Dusk of Demons
- Unknown. A Wrinkle in the Skin
- Unknown. A Wrinkle in the Skin
- Unknown. A Wrinkle in the Skin
- Unknown. Bad Dream
- Unknown. Bad Dream (Part 2 of 3)
- Unknown. Dreibeinige Monster auf Erdkurs
- Unknown. Empty World
- Unknown. Fireball
- Unknown. New Found Land
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. No Blade of Grass
- Unknown. Pendulum
- Unknown. Pendulum
- Unknown. Pendulum
- Unknown. Planet in Peril
- Unknown. Planet in Peril
- Unknown. Rendezvous
- Unknown. Sweeney's Island
- Unknown. Sweeney's Island
- Unknown. Sweeney's Island
- Unknown. Sweeney's Island
- Unknown. Terre brûlée
- Unknown. Terre brûlée / L'hiver éternel
- Unknown. The Caves of Night
- Unknown. The City of Gold and Lead
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Long Winter
- Unknown. The Long Winter
- Unknown. The Long Winter
- Unknown. The Long Winter
- Unknown. The Long Winter
- Unknown. The Lotus Caves
- Unknown. The Lotus Caves
- Unknown. The Pool of Fire
- Unknown. The Pool of Fire
- Unknown. The Possessors
- Unknown. The Possessors
- Unknown. The Possessors
- Unknown. The Possessors
- Unknown. The Prince in Waiting
- Unknown. The Ragged Edge
- Unknown. The Ragged Edge
- Unknown. The Ragged Edge
- Unknown. The Ragged Edge
- Unknown. The Sword of the Spirits
- Unknown. The Twenty-Second Century
- Unknown. The White Mountains
- Unknown. The White Mountains
- Unknown. The World in Winter
- Unknown. The World in Winter
- Unknown. The Year of the Comet
- Unknown. The Year of the Comet
- Unknown. The Year of the Comet
- Unknown. The Year of the Comet
- Unknown. The Year of the Comet
- Unknown. Tripods: Die dreibeinigen Herrscher
- Unknown. Tripods: Die dreibeinigen Herrscher
- Unknown. When the Tripods Came
- Unknown. Wild Jack
- Unknown. Wild Jack
- 1955. The Year of the Comet
- 2005. No Blade of Grass
- 2005. The Long Winter
- 2009. The Death of Grass
- 2020. The Death of Grass
Serials
- Unknown. Bad Dream (Part 1 of 3)
- Unknown. Bad Dream (Part 2 of 3)
- Unknown. Bad Dream (Part 3 of 3)
- Unknown. Le petit peuple (part 1 of 3)
- Unknown. Le petit peuple (part 2 of 3)
- Unknown. Le petit peuple (part 3 of 3)
- Unknown. The Little People (Part 1 of 3)
- Unknown. The Little People (Part 2 of 3)
- Unknown. The Little People (Part 3 of 3)
- Unknown. Year of the Comet (Complete Novel)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 1 of 7)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 2 of 7)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 3 of 7)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 4 of 7)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 5 of 7)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 6 of 7)
- 1957. No Blade of Grass (Part 7 of 7)
- 1964. L'inverno senza fine (Complete Novel)
- 1967. Una ruga sulla terra (Complete Novel)
- 1967. Morte dell'erba (Complete Novel)
Short Fiction
- Unknown. Čovjek sudbine
- Unknown. À balancer !
- Unknown. A Cry of Children
- Unknown. A Few Kindred Spirits
- Unknown. A Journey South
- Unknown. A Time of Peace
- Unknown. A World of Slaves
- Unknown. Aristotle
- Unknown. Balance
- Unknown. Begin Again
- Unknown. Breaking Point
- Unknown. Breaking-Point
- Unknown. Christmas Roses
- Unknown. Christmas Tree
- Unknown. Citadel of Dreams
- Unknown. Colonial
- Unknown. Communication Problem
- Unknown. Conspiracy
- Unknown. De nieuwe wijn
- Unknown. Death Sentence
- Unknown. Decoy
- Unknown. Der letzte Flug
- Unknown. Det yttersta vapnet
- Unknown. Doom Over Kareeta
- Unknown. Escape Route
- Unknown. Explosion Delayed
- Unknown. Fanopolis
- Unknown. Fegyver
- Unknown. Hapladies
- Unknown. Heimkehr
- Unknown. How We Were Tracked by a Tripod
- Unknown. In the Beginning
- Unknown. Julrosor
- Unknown. L'arme sortie du rêve
- Unknown. L'homme du destin
- Unknown. La longue nuit
- Unknown. Ladders
- Unknown. Le grand saut
- Unknown. Le trophée
- Unknown. Les risques du métier
- Unknown. Man of Destiny
- Unknown. Manna
- Unknown. Mannen från stjärnorna
- Unknown. Monster
- Unknown. Mr. Kowtshook
- Unknown. Museet
- Unknown. Museum Piece
- Unknown. My Man Closters
- Unknown. Occupational Risk
- Unknown. Paths
- Unknown. Planet of Change
- Unknown. Qui se ressemble s'assemble
- Unknown. Relativity
- Unknown. Rendezvous
- Unknown. Rendezvous
- Unknown. Resurrection
- Unknown. Return to Earth
- Unknown. Rich and Strange
- Unknown. Ringing Tone
- Unknown. Rock-a-Bye
- Unknown. Rocket to Freedom
- Unknown. Sentence of Death
- Unknown. Socrate
- Unknown. Socrates
- Unknown. Specimen
- Unknown. Sprung in die Verbannung
- Unknown. Summer's Lease
- Unknown. Talent
- Unknown. Talent for the Future
- Unknown. The $64 Question
- Unknown. The Death of Grass
- Unknown. The Drop
- Unknown. The Gardener
- Unknown. The Island of Bright Birds
- Unknown. The Long Night
- Unknown. The Name of This City
- Unknown. The New Wine
- Unknown. The Noon's Repose
- Unknown. The Prophet
- Unknown. The Rather Improbable History of Hilary Kiffer
- Unknown. The Rather Improbable History of Hiliary Kiffer
- Unknown. The Survivors
- Unknown. The Tree
- Unknown. The World in Winter (abridged)
- Unknown. Tree of Wrath
- Unknown. Vacation
- Unknown. Waidmannsheil
- Unknown. Weapon
- Unknown. Weapon
- Unknown. Winter Boy, Summer Girl
- 1953. Storia di Socrate
- 1953. Blemish
- 1954. Il pianeta riconquistato
- 1971. Of Polymuf Stock
- 1973. Divieto Di Caccia
- 1978. Le prophète
Awards
- 0000. A Dusk of Demons - Golden Duck Award, Hal Clement Young Adult Award (Nomination)
- 0000. A Few Kindred Spirits - Nebula Award, Short Story (Nomination)
Genres/Themes:
- young-adult sf (7 books)
- science fiction (6 books)
- into-tv (5 books)
- cosy catastrophe (5 books)
- england (4 books)
- post apocalypse (3 books)
- prehistoric (3 books)
- switzerland (2 books)
- Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (2 books)
- mind control (2 books)
- alien occupation of Earth (2 books)
- France (2 books)
- moon (2 books)
- first person point of view (2 books)
- teen science fiction (1 book)
- brain control implants (1 book)
- brain control implant (1 book)
- technological regression (1 book)
- UK (1 book)
- Paris (1 book)
- Paris, France (1 book)
- alien city (1 book)
- aliens (1 book)
- humanity enslaved (1 book)
- servants (1 book)
- high gravity (1 book)
- aliens on Earth (1 book)
- Young Adult (1 book)
- quest (1 book)
- adventure (1 book)
- alien ecology (1 book)
- juvenile sf (1 book)
- dystopia (1 book)
- overpopulation (1 book)
- bonsai (1 book)
- rebellion (1 book)
- SF: The 100 Best Novels 1949-1984 (1 book)
- Abebooks: 50 Essential SF Books (1 book)
- into-movie (1 book)
- into-radio-play (1 book)
- blight (1 book)
- fantasy (1 book)
- cold (1 book)
- Nigeria (1 book)
- humanity in danger (1 book)
- alien invasion (1 book)
- Horror: Another 100 Best Books (1 book)
- horror (1 book)
- Merril01 (1 book)
- moral lesson (1 book)
- Prejudice (1 book)
- inferiority (1 book)
- poastapocalyptic (1 book)
- mutants (1 book)
- greed (1 book)
- heritage (1 book)
- palace intrigue (1 book)
- hoard (1 book)
- caste (1 book)
- sword and sorcery (1 book)
- escape (1 book)
- alien conquest (1 book)
- contemporary (1 book)
Resources:
- English Wikipedia article on John Christopher
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) article on John Christopher
- Library of Congress page for John Christopher
- www.guardian.co.uk - John Christopher
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (SFE) article on John Christopher
- Internet Movie Database (IMDb) article on John Christopher
- Chinese Science Fiction Database (CSFDB) page for John Christopher