Christopher Priest (1) (1943–2024)
Autor(a) de The Prestige
Para outros autores com o nome Christopher Priest, veja a página de desambiguação.
About the Author
Image credit: Clairwitch, 2005
Obras de Christopher Priest
The Book on the Edge of Forever: An Enquiry into the Non-Appearance of Harlan Ellison's the Last Dangerous Visions (1994) 51 cópias
I, Haruspex 7 cópias
The Making of the Lesbian Horse 4 cópias
The Head And The Hand {short story} 2 cópias
A Dying Fall 2 cópias
Fire Storm {short story} 1 exemplar(es)
The Trace Of Him 1 exemplar(es)
The Song of the Book 1 exemplar(es)
The Discharge 1 exemplar(es)
Futur intérieur 1 exemplar(es)
Pilgrimage to Sheckley 1 exemplar(es)
Real-time World [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
落ち逝く 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Contribuinte — 216 cópias
Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction and Fantasy of and for Our Time (1984) — Contribuinte — 36 cópias
Celebration: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the British Science Fiction Association (2008) — Contribuinte — 34 cópias
Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos, and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend (2005) — Contribuinte — 22 cópias
Stories of Hope and Wonder: In Support of the UK's Healthcare Workers (2020) — Contribuinte — 11 cópias
The Future of Horror: The Collected Solaris Horror Anthologies, featuring House of Fear, Magic and End of the Road (2015) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Priest, Christopher McKenzie
- Outros nomes
- Novak, John Luther (pseudonym)
Wedgelock, Colin (pseudonym) - Data de nascimento
- 1943-07-14
- Data de falecimento
- 2024-02-02
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Rothesby, Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK
- Causa da morte
- Small-cell carcinoa
- Locais de residência
- Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK
Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
Devon, England, UK
Isle of Bute, Scotland, UK - Educação
- Warehouseman and Clerks' Orphan Schools
- Ocupação
- science fiction writer
journalist
editor - Relacionamentos
- Tuttle, Lisa (ex-wife, 1981-1987)
Kennedy, Leigh (ex-wife, 1988-2011)
Priest, Elizabeth (offspring)
Allan, Nina (partner, 2011-) - Organizações
- H.G. Wells Society
Guardian - Premiações
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1995)
World Fantasy Award (1996)
BSFA Award (1979)
Ditmar Award (1977)
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (1988)
Granta's Best of Young British Novelists (1983) (mostrar todas 9)
Guest of Honor, Novacon (1979, 2000)
Guest of Honor, 63rd World Science Fiction Convention (2005)
Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1984, 2004) - Agente
- Robert Kirby (United Agents) (UK book rights; film, dramatic & television rights)
Nicki Kennedy (ILA) (translations) - Pequena biografia
- Christopher Priest, b. 1943 author of "The Prestige"' and numerous other works of science fiction.
For the US writer of comics, see Christopher J. Priest
Membros
Discussions
SPOILERS - SEPTEMBER - The Prestige em The Green Dragon (Outubro 2014)
SEPTEMBER - NO SPOILERS - The Prestige em The Green Dragon (Setembro 2014)
Inverted World by Christopher Priest -- Spoiler Thread em Science Fiction Fans (Setembro 2008)
Resenhas
Expect Me Tomorrow de Christopher Priest
http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2024/05/review-of-expect-me-tomorrow-by.html
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HanJie | outras 5 resenhas | May 6, 2024 |
HanJie | outras 5 resenhas | May 6, 2024 | 
A collection of short stories, covering the bulk of Chris Priest's career, from The Head and the Hand (1972) to Shooting an Episode (2017). There is an introduction, where Priest talks about science fiction, its current status, and the status of "literary" science fiction in particular (virtually ignored by the bulk of cultural commentators). Each story is bracketed by notes headed Before and After, saying how the story came to be written, and what impact it had on the author's career and on the world in general. In a way, this makes the book a sort of continuation of the earlier collection Ersatz Wines, although it has less continuity than the earlier volume, reprinting as it does only a sample of Priest's short fiction output.
Perhaps the longest Before and After sections are those for An Infinite Summer, telling how the story was commissioned, quite forcibly, in 1974 by Harlan Ellison for his anthology, The Last Dangerous Visions, which then never actually appeared (although Ellison's literary executor has suggested that the book might finally appear posthumously). At the time, Priest gained some notoriety (and considerable support) by writing about his dealings with Harlan Ellison; time seems to have softened Priest's opinions and the account of the whole matter takes up far less space than the original. Ellison died in 2018, the year before this collection appeared; Chris Priest joined the roll-call of writers who died without ever seeing their stories appear in The Last Dangerous Visions this year (2024).
Three of the stories collected here have been previously anthologised; The Head and the Hand in Real-Time World (1974), Palely Loitering in An Infinite Summer (1979), and the title story of that collection, which had previously appeared in an original story anthology, Andromeda 1 (1976). (Which means that I have all three book appearances of that story in my collection.) The other eight stories are all appearing here in book form for the first time. A number of them have elements of horror in them - mostly body horror, though the last story in the collection, The Sorting Out involves a very specific sort of horror that only very serious book collectors will recognise. A number of the stories use settings familiar from some of Priest's novels, such as stage magicians in The Stooge, whilst Palely Loitering and An Infinite Summer use, either wholly or in part, an Edwardian (or faux Edwardian) setting, similar to that used in Priest's H.G. Wells pastiche The Space Machine. Thinking about the likely audience for this book, I would imagine it appealing either to Chris Priest completists or people looking for an insight into the life of a writer, especially one involved in the literature of the fantastic. I don't otherwise see it appealing to a more general reader; Priest's writing is a bit too cerebral and the twists and hooks in the stories a little too muted for a casual reader looking for surprises.… (mais)
Perhaps the longest Before and After sections are those for An Infinite Summer, telling how the story was commissioned, quite forcibly, in 1974 by Harlan Ellison for his anthology, The Last Dangerous Visions, which then never actually appeared (although Ellison's literary executor has suggested that the book might finally appear posthumously). At the time, Priest gained some notoriety (and considerable support) by writing about his dealings with Harlan Ellison; time seems to have softened Priest's opinions and the account of the whole matter takes up far less space than the original. Ellison died in 2018, the year before this collection appeared; Chris Priest joined the roll-call of writers who died without ever seeing their stories appear in The Last Dangerous Visions this year (2024).
Three of the stories collected here have been previously anthologised; The Head and the Hand in Real-Time World (1974), Palely Loitering in An Infinite Summer (1979), and the title story of that collection, which had previously appeared in an original story anthology, Andromeda 1 (1976). (Which means that I have all three book appearances of that story in my collection.) The other eight stories are all appearing here in book form for the first time. A number of them have elements of horror in them - mostly body horror, though the last story in the collection, The Sorting Out involves a very specific sort of horror that only very serious book collectors will recognise. A number of the stories use settings familiar from some of Priest's novels, such as stage magicians in The Stooge, whilst Palely Loitering and An Infinite Summer use, either wholly or in part, an Edwardian (or faux Edwardian) setting, similar to that used in Priest's H.G. Wells pastiche The Space Machine. Thinking about the likely audience for this book, I would imagine it appealing either to Chris Priest completists or people looking for an insight into the life of a writer, especially one involved in the literature of the fantastic. I don't otherwise see it appealing to a more general reader; Priest's writing is a bit too cerebral and the twists and hooks in the stories a little too muted for a casual reader looking for surprises.… (mais)
There is an unfortunate vogue demanding that novels of Victorian atmosphere be written in a half-assed pseudo-Victorian invented English. Usually, they miserably fail to convey anything else than the writer's shortcomings in this respect.
Well, this novel is an example of this empirical rule. I don't even know if the plot and characters would have been better than the style; so ludicrous was the writing, that I gave in after few pages and I will probably never find out.
Well, this novel is an example of this empirical rule. I don't even know if the plot and characters would have been better than the style; so ludicrous was the writing, that I gave in after few pages and I will probably never find out.
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