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Christopher Priest
(Christopher McKenzie Priest)
(b.1943)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.
. He lives on the Isle of Bute.
. He lives on the Isle of Bute.
Genres: Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy
New Books
Novels
Indoctrinaire (1970)
Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972)
The Inverted World (1974)
The Space Machine (1976)
The Perfect Lover (1977)
A Dream of Wessex (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)
Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972)
The Inverted World (1974)
The Space Machine (1976)
The Perfect Lover (1977)
A Dream of Wessex (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)
Omnibus
Collections
Real-time world (1974)
An Infinite Summer (1979)
The Dream Archipelago (1999)
Ersatz Wines (2008)
Real-Time World +2 (2008)
Episodes (2019)
An Infinite Summer (1979)
The Dream Archipelago (1999)
Ersatz Wines (2008)
Real-Time World +2 (2008)
Episodes (2019)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
The Book on the Edge of Forever (1985)
The Last Deadloss Visions (1987)
The Magic (2008)
It Came from Outer Space (2008)
The Last Deadloss Visions (1987)
The Magic (2008)
It Came from Outer Space (2008)
Anthologies containing stories by Christopher Priest
New Writings in SF 15 (1969)
New Writings in SF 16 (1969)
New Writings in SF 19 (1971)
New Writings in SF 22 (1973)
Best SF: 1972 (1973)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6
New Writings in SF 25 (1975)
Trips in Time (1977)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
New Dimensions 8 (1978)
Anticipations (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 2 (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
New Writings in SF 16 (1969)
New Writings in SF 19 (1971)
New Writings in SF 22 (1973)
Best SF: 1972 (1973)
aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6
New Writings in SF 25 (1975)
Trips in Time (1977)
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 (1977)
New Dimensions 8 (1978)
Anticipations (1978)
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year 1978 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 1 (1979)
The Best Science Fiction Novellas of the Year 2 (1980)
New Terrors 2 (1980)
The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
Short stories
| The Interrogator (1969) | |||
| The Perihelion Man (1969) | |||
| Real-Time World [short story] (1971) | |||
| The Head and the Hand (1972) | |||
| The Inverted World [short story] (1973) | |||
| Men of Good Value (1975) | |||
| An Infinite Summer [short story] (1976) | |||
| The Negation (1978) | |||
| The Watched (1978) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| Whores (1978) | |||
| Palely Loitering (1979) | Hugo (nominee) | ||
| The Miraculous Cairn (1980) |
Awards
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Christopher Priest recommends
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."
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