The UK Sci-Fi TV Book Guide: The Tomorrow People in Four into Three by Roger Price

Four into Three is an anthology of three original stories, all of which feature John, Stephen, Elizabeth and Tyso.

The Tomorrow People in Four into Three

The Tomorrow People, now joined by Tyso, a young gipsy boy, in three more thrilling and dangerous adventures in which they encounter:

the warlike Kraatans, whose one aim is to invade the Earth...

the Aliens, who appear suddenly in the lab and set the Tomorrow People against each other...

and the villainous Kleptons, whose monstrous greed and cruelty brings them harsh punishment...

Publisher Piccolo Books Format Paperback Publication Date 1975 Original Price 30p ISBN 0-330-24294-6 Country UK

Book Contents

The Invasion of Earth
The Kraatans are intelligent Reptiles. They don't look like Men but they have one thing in common. They shoot first and ask questions afterwards. And the Kraatans are coming to Earth!
Time Waits...
Two aliens appear uninvited in the lab and bring a trail of trouble with them that turns the Tomorrow People against each other.
A Much Needed Holiday
A cunning old Statesman from the Galactic Federation suggests that after all their exertions the Tomorow People need a quiet holiday, and he knows just the place. But does he really have their interests at heart, or has he got reasons of his own for luring them to this out of the way paradise?

NOTE: All synopses are taken from the book.

General Notes

Roger Price was the creator of the television series.
Four into Three was the third book based on the 1970s Tomorrow People television series to be released, and was the second of two which would contain a number of original short stories. The first book in the series, The Visitor, had been an original novel, while the final two would contain novelisations of stories from the television series.
The Invasion of Earth began life as a comic strip in issues 31-35 of the 1973 run of Look-In comic. An abridged version appeared in the Look-In Summer Extra pubished in July 1978.

A Much Needed Holiday began life as a comic strip in issues 45-49 of the 1973 run of Look-In comic. In 1977 it received its third and final outing when Roger Price turned it into a two-part story for Season Five of the television series.

Both of the original comic strips were written by Roger Price, and featured John, Carol, Stephen and Kenny.