Inverted World (The Inverted World in some editions) is a 1974 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest (1943–2024). The novel's basic premise was first used in the short story "The Inverted World" included in New Writings in SF 22 (1973), which had different characters and plot. In 2010, …
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Inverted World (The Inverted World in some editions) is a 1974 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest (1943–2024). The novel's basic premise was first used in the short story "The Inverted World" included in New Writings in SF 22 (1973), which had different characters and plot. In 2010, the novel was included in the SF Masterworks collection. In the novel, an entire city and its residents travel slowly across an unknown planet on railway tracks. The city's engineers lay track ahead of the city, reusing old track the city has crossed over. Many people are unaware that the city is even moving. A crisis ensues as its population decreases, the people grow unruly, and an obstacle looms ahead.
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The Inverted World
239 pages
English language
Published 1974
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-013421-1Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 142181
Le Monde inverti
French language
Published 2002 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-042149-7Copied ISBN!
Le Monde inverti
French language
Published 1988 by Presses Pocket.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-266-02139-5Copied ISBN!
The Inverted World
256 pages
English language
Published 1974 by Faber & Faber.
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- 978-0-571-10444-4Copied ISBN!
- Goodreads:
- 680353
Le Monde inverti
French language
Published 1975 by Calmann-Lévy.
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- 978-2-7021-0003-5Copied ISBN!
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