Christopher Priest
Christopher Priest is a British science fiction author known for his psychologically intricate and formally inventive novels. The Prestige, about rival Victorian illusionists, was adapted into a Christopher Nolan film. The Separation and The Glamour are equally celebrated for their unreliable narrators and doppelganger themes.
Works
- The PrestigeTwo rival magicians compete and deceive in Victorian-era London
- The SeparationAlternate history exploring parallel timelines during World War Two
- The GlamourPeople discover they can become invisible through an hallucinogenic phenomenon
- Inverted WorldScience fiction about a world experiencing perpetual inversion
- The AffirmationPsychological fantasy exploring the nature of memory and reality