Inverted World

By: Christopher Priest

Narrated by: Steven Cree

A uniquely powerful novel of a society in decay. On a planet whose very nature is a mystery a massive decrepit city is pulled along a massive railway track, laying the line down before it as it progresses into the wilderness.

The society within toils under an oppressive regime, its structures always on the point of collapse, the lives of its individuals lived in misery. No one knows where they are going, why they are going or what they will find when they get there. The ending of the novel provides one of the most profound twists in SF.

©2012 Christopher Priest (P)2012 Audible Ltd

Inverted World

Great story - very creative and unique. Nitpick: I thought that the author could have done a better job of explaining the nature of the forces which led to the problem, rather than make up a word to characterize it.

Have to say that narrator's fairly heavy Scottish (?) accent detracted from the smooth reading flow - I ended up buying the Kindle book to finish off the story. But I enjoyed the tremendous work involved in creating a different world, subject to different physical laws, in an entertaining story.

Soothing narrration paired with a surprising plot

Beautifully read, a compelling and surprising story. A perfect example of good science fiction. Highly recommend!

great!

very good story, narrator was well fitted to this book, I look forward to hearing him agine.

good book

good book, good narration. itersting idea. completing twenty-one words in order to complete the review

Hard to care much about the characters

The changing first and third person narrator makes it feel a little disjointed and not much effort is made to develop the relationships so I ended up not feeling very invested in what happens to them. A little too much astrophysics and math - though interesting- and not enough real plot or human experience to make it compelling.