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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."

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 for Best Novel : The Islanders
2011 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Book : The Islanders
2003 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Book : The Separation
2002 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel : The Separation
1996 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel : The Prestige
1995 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Best Book : The Prestige

Award nominations
2023 British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel : Airside
2014 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel : The Adjacent
2014 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Book : The Adjacent
2003 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel : The Separation
1999 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Book : The Extremes
1996 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Book : The Prestige
1995 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel : The Prestige
1980 Hugo Award for Best Novelette : Palely Loitering
1979 Hugo Award for Best Novella : The Watched
1975 Hugo Award for Best Novel : The Inverted World
1973 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel : Fugue for a Darkening Island


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