The World in Winter (Alpha Books)
by John Christopher
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Author: John ChristopherEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged
Published: 1982-01
ISBN: 0194242382
Number of pages: 96
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Book Reviews of The World in Winter (Alpha Books)
Book Review: A neglected classic, out of print in the author's home
Summary: 5 Stars
This stands alongide the same author's "The Death of Grass" among the finest examples of post-apocalyptic fiction. For anyone familiar with the John Wyndham's "cosy catastrophes" this dark depiction of Britain consumed by glacial ice will some as some surprise.Perhaps not as bleak as "The Death of Grass", it still manages to unsettle the reader, with every human frailty exposed. Unlike the Wyndham school, there is no comfortable solution, no return to normality. What has changed is irrevocable.
I would recommend this book to anyone who knows Chrsitopher only from the "Tripods" novels, for an insight into why he was once considered the shining hope of British SF.
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