![]() John Christopher made me love the end of the world. Raises questions about the nature of kingship, the morality of knowledge - to manipulate or to help people? non violence and the archetypal symbol of the demon/monster. He wins and is acclaimed prince and is a hero overnight but his conscience is restless because of his having to put to death his brother and his entourage. He gets out of this by fighting a duel with his brother, as befits royalty being above the death sentence meted out to common criminals. He travels through burning lends (aftermath of nuclear war?) and discovers other civilisations notably Wales, and he eventually returns, having slain monsters that emerged from the disaster, to Winchester, where his brother has him arrested and orders him to put to death. Luke is prince of Winchester but his scheming brother gets him exiled. A few others remain as Christians but little is known about their god and nonviolence and their practice of it makes them a laughing-stock, no more than a side show of eccentrics to amuse people. A few, as a meritocracy, manipulate the minds of ordinary people by the use of electricity, keeping up an elaborate belief system which the people believe to be the spirits. Machines are frowned upon and the people are kept in ignorance, famine and believing in spirits. ![]() ![]() ![]() After some disaster (nuclear war?) Britain has returned to being several kingdoms. ![]()
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