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Christopher Priest


(Christopher McKenzie Priest)
UK flag (1943 - 2024)
Husband of Leigh Kennedy

aka John Luther Novak, Colin Wedgelock

Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary literary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel THE PRESTIGE is unique in winning both a major literary prize (THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD and a major genre prize THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD); THE SEPARATION won both the ARTHUR C. CLARKE and the BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION AWARDS. THE ISLANDERS won both the BSFA and John W. Campbell awards. He was selected for the original BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELISTS in 1983.
 

Genres: Science Fiction, Historical Mystery, Literary Fiction, Fantasy
 
Novels
   Indoctrinaire (1970)
   Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972)
   The Inverted World (1974)
   The Space Machine (1976)
   A Dream of Wessex (1977)
   The Perfect Lover (1977)
   The Affirmation (1981)
   The Glamour (1984)
   Mona Lisa (1986) (as by John Luther Novak)
   Short Circuit (1986) (as by Colin Wedgelock)
   The Quiet Woman (1990)
   The Prestige (1995)
   The Extremes (1998)
   Existenz (1999) (as by John Luther Novak)
   The Separation (2002)
   The Islanders (2011)
   The Adjacent (2013)
   The Gradual (2016)
   An American Story (2018)
   The Evidence (2020)
   Expect Me Tomorrow (2022)
   Airside (2023)
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Collections
   Real-time world (1974)
   An Infinite Summer (1979)
   The Dream Archipelago (1999)
   Ersatz Wines (2008)
   Real-Time World +2 (2008)
   Episodes (2019)
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Anthologies edited
   Anticipations (1978)
   Stars of Albion (1979) (with Robert Holdstock)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Christopher Priest recommends
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Witchwater Country (1986)
Garry Kilworth
"[His] finest novel to date, a book about growing up in semi-rural England. A novel with shifting levels of alienness and normality, it dwells on the macabre internal world of adolescence while reminding us of its ordinariness."

Anthologies containing stories by Christopher Priest
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Stories of Hope and Wonder (2020)
In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers
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2084 (2017)
edited by
George Sandison
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The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories (2016)
(Valancourt Book of Horror Stories, book 1)
edited by
Ryan Cagle and James D Jenkins

More anthologies 


Awards
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (1973) : Fugue for a Darkening Island
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1975) : The Inverted World
Hugo Best Novella nominee (1979) : The Watched
Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1980) : Palely Loitering
British Fantasy Society Best Novel nominee (1995) : The Prestige
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (1995) : The Prestige
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1996) : The Prestige
World Fantasy Best Novel winner (1996) : The Prestige
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (1999) : The Extremes
British Science Fiction Association Best Novel winner (2002) : The Separation
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book winner (2003) : The Separation
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2003) : The Separation
British Science Fiction Association Best Book winner (2011) : The Islanders
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (2012) : The Islanders
Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Book nominee (2014) : The Adjacent
John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : The Adjacent


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