Inverted World
The Gollancz edition has an Introduction by Adam Roberts — the US edition has an Afterword by John Clute. 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...
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The Gollancz edition has an Introduction by Adam Roberts — the US edition has an Afterword by John Clute.
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. Priest’s most translated work, it has been continuously in print for three decades. 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. The land spreads out impossibly in all directions, and time itself heads for surcease. One young man is destined to find out the truth about this inverted world.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780575082106
Publish date: 2010 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 303
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Novels,
Science Fiction,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Speculative Fiction,
Steampunk,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic
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Fantabidosy. The twist at the end threw me as I didn't expect it, I found the novel and the concept interesting and clever. This is the second novel I've enjoyed by this author, will hunt down some more.
The Inverted World is a cold book. Most of Priest's books are told in a stiff and remote mode, which frequently suits the alienated subject matter. It's not the case here.Faults:1 - The sterile environment depicted is reflected in the unemotional natures of the characters and of their relationships ...
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