"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Christopher Priest was born in Cheshire, England. He has published eleven novels, three short-story collections, and a number of other books, including critical works, biographies, novelizations, and children’s nonfiction. In 1996 Priest won the World Fantasy Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Prestige, which was adapted into a film by Christopher Nolan in 2006. His most recent novel, The Separation, won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Science Fiction Association Award. Priest and his wife, the writer Leigh Kennedy, live in Hastings, England, with their twin children.
John Clute was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1940, but has lived most of his life in England. He has won three Hugo Awards for his nonfiction. Recent work includes Appleseed, a novel, The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror, and Canary Fever: Reviews.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # GO-9780575082106
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A uniquely powerful novel of a society in decay. On a planet whose very nature is a mystery a massive decrepit city is pulled along a massive railway track, laying the line down before it as it progresses into the wilderness.The society within toils under an oppressive regime, its structures always on the point of collapse, the lives of its individuals lived in misery. No one knows where they are going, why they are going or what they will find when they get there.The ending of the novel provides one of the most profound twists in SF. 'One of two or three of the most impressive pure-SFnovels produced in the UK since World War Two' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780575082106
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780575082106
Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 'One of two or three of the most impressive pure-SFnovels produced in the UK since World War Two' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION. Seller Inventory # B9780575082106
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Seller Inventory # 9780575082106-GDR
Book Description Condition: New. In. Seller Inventory # ria9780575082106_new
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.94 inches. In Stock. Seller Inventory # zk0575082100
Book Description Condition: New. 2010. Paperback. 'One of two or three of the most impressive pure-SFnovels produced in the UK since World War Two' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780575082106
Book Description Condition: New. 2010. Paperback. 'One of two or three of the most impressive pure-SFnovels produced in the UK since World War Two' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780575082106
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0575082100