The Pool of Fire (The Tripods #3)

Book is writ for 12 y/o’s, and in the late 1960’s. That’s not a dis, just a fact.
This is the third of a Tripods Trilogy, which when produced as a TV series by the BBC (or maybe ITV) was an awesome TV experience. Season 2, encompassing the second book, “The city of gold and something,’ was awesome.
But the TV season didn’t last to a 3rd season, hence this book was never filmed. Having seen the first 2, I wanted to know how the trilogy ended. That’s my story.
As a third of a trilogy, one has to see this book much like one would regard “The Return of the King,” from the Tolkien trilogy. Pool of Fire is the third of such a series, and so, if you are 12 y/o, or a parent of a 12 y/o, and are looking for a decent sci-fi series to read, Tripods series is recommended, although was it is writ in the ’60’s, and came before the days of edgier books like Harry Potter. Yet not as childish as, say, The Phantom Tollbooth.
You decide. There you go, it’s like that.

Good continuation to the series. My son really enjoyed me reading this set to him before bed. The chapter breaks are just the right length for one chapter each night. It is an interesting saga starting after man’s collapse at the hands of aliens from the perspective of one of the men taking the earth back. This is the third book in the series, starting with The White Mountain and The City of Gold and Lead. The tripods and the masters are a plausible alien race. The author does a good job fitting in enough minute details to drive a clear image of the landscape, action, and realism.

I can’t believe how perfectly this author makes you see all the characters in your mind’s eye and sweeps you into another land so instantly and keeps you there for 3 books!!…What an awesome story this is….and timeless…..one I won’t forget for a long time…The seller sent the book so very quickly and I am happy with my purchase….Thanks so much!!!!

good trilogy even if written for a younger audience

Excellent perspective and relay of life under extraterrestrial invaders on earth. An improvement over dystopian writings of today. Cannot get over that this was written in my youth and I just found out about it while substitute teaching an 8th grade classroom. The trilogy of books is phenomenal!!

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