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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.
 

Awards: Campbell (2012), BSFA (2011), Clarke (2003), WFA (1996)  see all

Genres: Science Fiction, Historical Mystery, Literary Fiction, Fantasy
 
Novels
   Indoctrinaire (1970)
   Fugue for a Darkening Island (1972)
   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
 
Books 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

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Awards
2012 John W. Campbell Memorial Award : The Islanders
2011 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Islanders
2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award : The Separation
2002 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Separation
1998 BSFA Award for Best Novel : The Extremes
1996 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel : The Prestige
1995 James Tait Black Memorial Prize : The Prestige
1983 Granta Best of Young British Novelists
1980 BSFA Award for Best Short Fiction : Palely Loitering
1974 BSFA Award for Best Novel : Inverted World

Award nominations
2023 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Airside
2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Adjacent
2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Adjacent
2013 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Adjacent
2003 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History (nominee) : The Separation
2003 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Separation
2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : The Separation
2000 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Extremes
1999 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Extremes
1997 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (nominee) : The Prestige
1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) : The Prestige
1995 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Prestige
1985 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Glamour
1984 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Glamour
1982 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : The Affirmation
1981 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Affirmation
1980 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : Palely Loitering
1980 Locus Award for Best Collection (nominee) : An Infinite Summer
1980 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : Palely Loitering
1979 Locus Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Watched
1979 Locus Award for Best Anthology (nominee) : Anticipations
1979 Hugo Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Watched
1975 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee) : Inverted World
1975 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Inverted World
1973 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee) : Fugue for a Darkening Island


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."

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