Johnny and the Bomb
core novel 1996 Johnny Maxwell Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.86 (8,861 ratings, collected 2026-10-28) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385406703 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
When Johnny Maxwell finds old Mrs Tachyon, a bag lady everyone thinks is mad, lying unconscious near the cinema, he and his friends take charge of her shopping trolley and discover that it can travel through time. They find themselves in their own town of Blackbury in 1941, on the night a German air raid is about to strike, and Johnny sets out to stop the deadly bombing while learning how dangerous it is to change the past.
Where it sits
- Universe: Johnny Maxwell Trilogy
- Series: Johnny Maxwell Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Notes
- From the series record (Johnny Maxwell Trilogy): Three children's novels following Johnny Maxwell in Blackbury, 1992-1996.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Johnny Maxwell Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Johnny and the Dead (1993)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Johnny Maxwell
- Wikipedia: Johnny and the Bomb
- LoveReading: Terry Pratchett audiobooks (publisher descriptions)
- Locus Index to Science Fiction: Johnny and the Bomb (Doubleday UK, 1996)
- ISBN-13 form of the recorded ISBN-10 0553378465 (same edition)
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