Michael Gouker reviewed The city of gold and lead by John Christopher (The Tripods -- 2)
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3 stars
I read this when I was 10 (about 50 years ago) and it haunted me for a long time. Now I realize this was my first taste of sci fi dystopia, though at first glance it seems a serfdom euphoria. On a repeat read today I found the MC grows in the story, and it has both positive and negative things about humans. What was most interesting is the blindness of the imperialist aliens who seem to have many of the same problems as the humans they replaced.