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- Birth nameSam Youd
- Christopher Samuel Youd aka John Christoher aka Samuel Youd is a British writer of science fiction who is best known for his post-apocalyptic novels 'The Death of Grass' aka 'No Blade of Grass' (1957) and 'The Gaurdians' (1970), and the popular trilogy 'The Tripods' (1967-68). He became well known during 1950s, along with fellow science fiction writers 'Jack Finney', Richard Matheson, and John Wyndham, and has since published over 70 books.
Many of his books and stories have been adapted to film, most notably, No Blade of Grass (1970) and the hugely popular The Tripods (1984). His numerous short fiction has appeared in 'Weird Tales', 'Astounding Science Fiction', and 'Galaxy Science Fiction'. 'The Death of Grass' was serialized in 'The Saturday Evening Post' in seven parts. In 1988 he wrote the long-awaited prequel to his 'Tripods' trilogy, 'When the Tripods Came'.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Lee-Williams
- SpousesJoyce Fairbairn(1946 - 1978) (divorced, 5 children)Jessica Ball(? - 2001) (her death)
- He joined the Royal Signals corps during World War II.
- His mother was the head cook at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
- His Tripods are not the only alien invader to begin with tri. There are the other Tripods from The War of the Worlds and the Triffids from John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids.
- Censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense
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