Nostalgiapods
I bought a DVD today. Ostensibly, it was “for the kids”. Well, it was two series — about twelve hours worth — of a series I think Youd remember.
That, by the way, was a clue.
The books were written by Samuel Youd between and were published between 1967 and 1968 as a trilogy, although a fourth prequel was published in 1988. It’s a sci-fi thing with aliens, it’s a post-apocalyptic kind of a thing, and the first series was aired in TV on 1984, based on the first of the books.
The final part of the trilogy was never filmed, but it was still very much worth watching even for the two series produced. You might know Samuel Youd better under his pen-name of John Christopher and the series better with the title
The Tripods.
Ah yes, the tripods. I had never encountered John Christopher prior to seeing the first series of the tripods on TV. However, long before I had finished watching the end of the first series in 1984, I had finished reading the trilogy. It was one of those things where the TV series sucked me into the book, which sucked me into the TV series even more.
Obviously, it’s 25 years old now, so I’m expecting it to look maybe a little dated, but I used to really enjoy watching the show, and I think my kids will too (even if they find the Tripods themselves a little scary!)
I was a little surprised that I’d not been aware that this DVD before since I’d been such a fan of the original series (and the books: it’s one of the “childrens” (young adult?) section books that remains on my bookshelf and is unlikely ever to be removed), but it appears that the DVD was only released in March, so I’ve not missed it for too long…
The tripods: you’ll not find anything to cap that.
Mike says:
May 18th, 2009 at 3:16 am
Oh.. disappointed.
I thought this was a post about old iPods or pre-iPod mp3 players or something…
Gary Miller says:
May 18th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I remember the series well as I too was hooked and – dare I say it? – totally CAPtivated by it. Never did get around to reading the books though.
John H says:
May 18th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Have you read The death of grass? It’s a brilliant book on the “survivors” theme. Again, it could well be described as dated, but I think that’s part of its charm. It’s certainly brutally realistic in many respects.
John H says:
May 18th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
…The death of grass is also by John Christopher/Samuel Youd, I should have said
JackP says:
May 18th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
No, but I have also read The Prince In Waiting trilogy, which is another post-apocalyptic jobbie (in fact, I believe that is on my bookshelves somewhere also). Seemingly a favourite theme of his…?
Hmm… upon looking it up, it would appear that The Death of Grass was republished last month by Penguin as a ‘Modern Classic’. I might have to pick it up…
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