160 Pages, Borrowed from Local Library
Written by the same guy who wrote "The Death of Grass" this is a prequel, aimed at the Young Adult market, that was written 20 years after the original Tripods trilogy (The White Mountains, The City of Gold & Lead, The Pool of Fire).I haven't read the original trilogy but I did watch the two series of the BBC TV version in the 1980's. I was hooked from it's crazy beginning, set in a future where everyone looks like they're living in a pre-industrial past and then getting sucked up into huge three-legged machines to get a metal grill stuck on their heads! The ending of the second series was miserable and depressing too. You can watch the whole two series on Youtube but be warned, it's only available in small chunks :(
This book is different. I figure it's set around the late 1980's - early 1990's and explains how the tripods quickly gained control of the majority of humanity. The story races along and there are a couple of images that really stuck with me after I'd finished it.
A great introduction to the Tripods and has left me eager to read the Trilogy.
I give this 5 "Trippy Shows" out of 5
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