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Inverted World

Christopher Priest

First published December 1973
Type Novel

A city travels slowly along tracks laid by the residents ahead of the city and pulled up from behind the city, through territory where other people live.

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1974 British Science Fiction Award Best Novel Winner
1975 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1975 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1973 Cover Galaxy, December 1973 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 6
December 1973 Cover Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, December 1973 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 6
January 1974 Cover Galaxy, January 1974 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 127
January 1974 Cover Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, January 1974 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 127
February 1974 Cover Galaxy, February 1974 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 133
February 1974 Cover Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, February 1974 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 133
March 1974 Cover Galaxy, March 1974 UPD Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 134
March 1974 Cover Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, March 1974 Universal-Tandem Publishing Company Ltd. MAGAZINE 134
May 1974 Cover Inverted World Faber and Faber Novel
June 1974 Cover The Inverted World Harper & Row Novel 1
October 1974 Cover The Inverted World Harper & Row / SFBC Novel 3
1975 Cover The Inverted World Popular Library Novel 7
June 1975 Cover Inverted World New English Library Novel 7
July 1975 Cover Inverted World Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Novel
1976 Cover El mundo invertido Emecé Editores Novel
January 1976 Cover Die Stadt Heyne Novel
December 1976 Cover Le monde inverti J'ai Lu Novel
1977 Cover Omgekeerde wereld Born Novel
1979 Cover Inverted World Pan Books Novel
December 1984 Cover Der steile Horizont Heyne Novel
June 1987 Cover Inverted World Gollancz Novel
October 1990 Cover Il mondo alla rovescia Editrice Nord Novel
January 1992 Cover Le monde inverti Presses Pocket Novel
June 1999 Cover Omnibus 2 - Inverted World & Fugue for a Darkening Island Earthlight Omnibus
February 2002 Cover Le monde inverti Gallimard Novel
May 2004 Cover Le monde inverti Gallimard Novel
August 2008 Cover Inverted World New York Review of Books Novel
April 2010 Cover Inverted World Gollancz / Orion Novel 1
May 2010 Cover Inverted World Gollancz / Orion Novel |2
November 2012 Cover Inverted World Audible Studios Novel |2
December 2012 Cover Inverted World New York Review of Books Novel
February 2020 Cover Inversion Heyne Novel 9
December 2021 9 MP3 Audiobook Collection MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |4