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by John Christopher, Joe Burleson
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A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 9 years ago
I could cut a long review short: 'The Tripod Trilogy' is a terrific sf series for the young ones, the darkest revelation of a post-tripod-conquest world is, obviously, that women don't matter at all. Where does that leave all the young men? I read these books when I was 11 or 12 and I can't remember...
Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it 12 years ago
Okay, but definitely the weakest of the trilogy. Felt more like a summary of how everything got resolved than its own story, and Will is increasingly hard to like. His heedlessness and sulking and self-absorption seem correct when he's thirteen; less understandable (or even believable) when he's in ...
Reading Maketh a Full Man...
Reading Maketh a Full Man... rated it 13 years ago
This is the third and last of the "Tripod" trilogy, picking up almost exactly where "City of Gold and Lead" left off. Will has returned to the resistance base camp in the Swiss Alps. Enough information is passed on about the Masters (who ride in Tripods when outside of their city) and their cities...
Xdyj's books
Xdyj's books rated it 14 years ago
Not as good as the second one. Will repeatedly getting taught the importance of discipline becomes really preachy and annoying after a while. The ending is ok though. Some other interesting things about this series might be its complete absence of female characters except for helpless victims, often...
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