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  • The City of Gold and Lead

  • Tripods Series, Book 2
  • By: John Christopher
  • Narrated by: William Gaminara
  • Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (489 ratings)

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The City of Gold and Lead

By: John Christopher
Narrated by: William Gaminara
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Publisher's summary

In the second book of John Christopher's classic series, Will Parker and his cohorts have spent a year living among the free men in the White Mountains. The Resistance charges them, now wearing realistic yet harmless caps, to infiltrate a Tripod city by competing in a sporting exhibition called "the Games" (very similar in nature to the Summer Olympics), in which the winners of the events are to be offered to the Tripods for service.

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one of my favorites.

I hope they make it into a movie series some day, that would be fantastic.

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Greatest book

This book is really really really really really really really really really really really good. It is uniquely amazing

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Hail the tripods

Hail the tripod
Hail the tripods
Hail the tripod
Hail the tripod
Hail the tripod
Long live the masters

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Excellent read

Works really well. Written as a novel for youth , it meets my standards .
Can't wait for the final installment of the trilogy.

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For kids and adults

The second book is a venture for kids into the world of science fiction. Descriptions just enough to let the mind wander as to what it might be like in the city, or under a mask. Again the narrator has done a great job.

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Great family listening (tweens and up)

We love this trilogy! My 12 year old son couldn't wait to get back in the car after school and listen to more. My 15 year old daughter was not opposed to listening. Each book has left us wanting more.

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As good as I remember!

I loved each book as it was released decades ago as a kid. I joined the Amazon Audio and thought it would be fun to relive the series and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to both "The White Mountains" and "The City of Gold and Lead" as an adult. The books are very well read by a very talented reader who makes identifying each character easy to do and with believable accents. I am very impressed with the quality of the audio and the experience.

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As good as the first book, "The White Mountains"

Thoroughly enjoyed the reading performance of this book just as much as the first book in this trilogy.

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Overall great classic youth science fiction

My son and I enjoyed this series 20 years ago and I bought it again partly for nostalgia, and partly to augment the paper version in my library now that I have another child approaching the age where she might enjoy this book.

My only gripe is the petulance and negativity of the main character, who never seems to learn the lesson of thinking positively and always seems to interpret things in the worst light. Not remembering precisely how I felt as at that age, I've given the author the benefit of the doubt on this, but it is a little hard to take.

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love these books!

amazing writing, amazing story, even the reader is alright. he finely does not ruin the book.

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