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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>
KevinWhere the real world meets its quiet twin, hidden in the ripples below. Every reflection tells a story we’re too busy to see—take a moment to be still, and you might catch a glimpse of another world.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NightPhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NightPhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Reflections?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reflections</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Stillness?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stillness</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/InvertedWorld?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InvertedWorld</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NatureAndLight?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NatureAndLight</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Serenity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Serenity</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/PixelFed?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PixelFed</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Fediverse?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CreativePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CreativePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WaterReflection?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WaterReflection</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ParallelWorld?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ParallelWorld</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/HiddenBeauty?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HiddenBeauty</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/biokevin?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biokevin</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/murrieta?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#murrieta</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/california?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/socal?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socal</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/temecula?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#temecula</a>
SocietyofRockets<p>And aw man RIP <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ChristopherPriest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherPriest</span></a> too <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InvertedWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvertedWorld</span></a> is a masterpiece</p>
LouiseH<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://sfba.social/@indubitablyodin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>indubitablyodin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neilhimself" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neilhimself</span></a></span> New- <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NinefoxGambit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NinefoxGambit</span></a> by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YoonHaLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YoonHaLee</span></a>. The series is joyously dark and imaginative. Old- <a href="https://mas.to/tags/InvertedWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvertedWorld</span></a> by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChrisPriest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisPriest</span></a> which I've not read before and is remarkably clever. I've also been reading a great deal of Arkady and Boris <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Strugatsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Strugatsky</span></a>, every novel of theirs is different and intriguing.</p>