Andi Chorley<p>Inverted World (The Inverted World in some editions) is a 1974 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest (1943–2024). </p><p>In the novel, an entire city and its residents travel slowly across a supposedly alien planet on railway tracks. The city's engineers lay track ahead of the city, reusing old track the city has crossed over. Many people are unaware that the city is even moving. A crisis ensues as its population decreases, the people grow unruly, and an obstacle looms ahead. - Wikipedia</p><p>One of the best and weirdest sci-fi novels I have ever read. A world that appears to be impossible is credibly explained in an excellent twist at the end. I was gripped from the opening words: "'I had reached the age of 650 miles,'"</p><p>RIP Christopher Priest.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/christopherpriest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christopherpriest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/invertedworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invertedworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>