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The Pool of Fire

By: John Christopher
Narrated by: William Gaminara
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In the final book of John Christopher's classic series, Will Parker returns to the headquarters of the Resistance after several months in the City of Gold and Lead. He travels to Eastern Europe and the Middle East to set up resistance cells with young boys who question the power of the Tripods.

When they are able to capture one of the Tripod 'Masters', they unlock a secret that they use in attempt to finally wrest control of the earth from the Tripods, and maybe - just maybe - save humanity.

©1968 Samuel Youd (P)2011 Audible Ltd

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awesome book!

What made the experience of listening to The Pool of Fire the most enjoyable?

I was able to close my eyes and picture the story as it was being read.

What other book might you compare The Pool of Fire to and why?

i cannot compare this book.

Which character – as performed by William Gaminara – was your favorite?

Henry

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

free the minds

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this review is by a 13 year old boy who enjoyed the book very much.

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The End of the Tripod Trilogy!

This is the final book in the Tripod Trilogy. I didn't enjoy this one as much as the others, but it's still good regardless! Of course, I had to find out what happened to the boys and whether or not the Resistance would succeed shaking control away from the alien Masters!

William Gaminara narrates all of the Tripod books, and he does a good job reading the story and distinguishing the boys from one another with various accents.

I read the prequel "When the Tripods Came" right after this in order to finish off the series.

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Dated preteen almost-science-fiction....

This review will cover the prequel (When the Tripods Came) and the trilogy (The White Mountains, The City of Gold, and The Pool of Fire.) These are all more than slightly dated, quite British, and definitely pre-teen fare. A very young male audience may enjoy this series. I found the story modestly interesting but more than a bit derivative and conventional.

The prequel can be read before the trilogy, but it does not add much that is not described in the trilogy. The characters in the prequel are less developed, the action less compelling, and the story more predictable than the trilogy. The trilogy has decent British boy character development, and an interesting story with some (not very intense) action and a few interesting twists. Perhaps being written in the 60???s is some excuse for weak science (but there is a lot of great pre-60???s science fiction.)

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Love this series.

I've loved this series since I first read it in the 80's. The audio version is great. i'll probably keep reading and listening to these every 5 years or so till I die. For some reason theg just stick in my brain.

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Preteen book

I can remember this book from late grade school, and wanted to revisit the past, This book and the other two in the series were entertaining then and somewhat now. Mr. Christopher had a good introduction as to how and why the series came about. I think he achieved his goal.

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Still a Classic

Read as a kid. Reread every decade since. Still a great story, well told.

Have not read prequel yet. Love the original trilogy.

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Three Stars

In a brilliant move, customers are now forced to write reviews if they want to rate books. This is a waste of time both for me and for whoever reads this.

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Great Book. Must listen to.

Really loved this series as a kid. Brought back nostalgia. Would recommend. The narrator was also great.

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A classic series comes to life!

The reading of this series was superb! I highly recommend listening to all 3 originals and the prequel. Excellent in every way!

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Just as I remembered

I first read this in early 70s and I loved the trilogy. This audio book is true to the book. Recommended

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