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The inverted world christopher priest5/13/2023 One young man is destined to find out the truth about this inverted world. The land spreads out impossibly in all directions, and time itself heads for surcease. A brief outline of the story gives away few of the surprises that are to come: A mobile city, travelling on tracks laid before it and torn up behind it, is battling its way slowly across a hideously deformed landscape. Priest’s most translated work, it has been continuously in print for three decades. Inverted World is the closest CP come to writing a traditional science fiction novel, but although it is an early work it already contains elements of his later preoccupations with the nature and reliability of reality. The Gollancz edition has an Introduction by Adam Roberts - the US edition has an Afterword by John Clute. The previous paperback edition was a joint publication with Fugue For a Darkening Island (as “Omnibus 2” Earthlight, 1999). Inverted World is the closest CP come to writing a traditional science fiction novel, but although it is an early work it already contains elements of his later preoccupations with the nature and reliability of reality. This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. He lives in Hastings with his wife and twin children. First published in hardcover by Faber, 1974. Christopher Priest is the author of ten novels and two collections of short stories, including the prize-winning THE GLAMOUR and THE PRESTIGE which won the James Tait Black award in 1995.
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