John Christopher, author of the Tripods Trilogy (The White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, and The Pool of Fire, died a couple of days ago. I read the Tripods trilogy numerous times; the middle book was by far my favorite.

Christopher had a few other books that I read as well, including The Sword of the Spirits trilogy and The Lotus Caves, along with a whole bunch I never got to; and it turns out that his real name was Samuel Youd and that he wrote books under seven different names. Who new?

It’s probably time and past time to introduce my boys to the Tripods.