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Inverted World

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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. Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1974

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Inverted World, Christopher Priest

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2019
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Language
English
Publisher
Orion
Released
2019
Format
Paperback
Pages
308
ISBN10
1407246402
ISBN13
9781407246406
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First published
1974
Original title
Inverted World
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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. Winner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1974