tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post2353459846885479621..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Christopher Priest, Collapsing Societies, Inappropriate Covers & Shitty MoversJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-60754448192481448702008-04-24T06:17:00.000-07:002008-04-24T06:17:00.000-07:00Yes, a lot of his previous publishers have obvious...Yes, a lot of his previous publishers have obviously had trouble knowing how to present him. One of his books., 'A Dream of Wessex' was even renamed 'The Perfect Lover' in the US, which would seem an unwise attempt to make him sound like a romance author.<BR/><BR/>If you do read 'The Inverted World', there's apparently a spoof sequel Priest himself wrote, with the marvellous title of 'The Making of the Lesbian Horse'. This is, sadly, very rare--I think it was only printed in a very limited edition in the late 1970s.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-46987109498466119182008-04-24T06:10:00.000-07:002008-04-24T06:10:00.000-07:00I'd only vaguely heard of him until he popped up o...I'd only vaguely heard of him until he popped up on my blog last year! I then picked up his novel <EM>The Glamour</EM> but haven't got around to reading it yet. I'll try to get hold of the NYRB of <EM>The Inverted World</EM> and not get around to reading that either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-21192219545524906232008-04-24T04:12:00.000-07:002008-04-24T04:12:00.000-07:00I read 'The Quiet Woman' and 'The Glamour' years a...I read 'The Quiet Woman' and 'The Glamour' years ago and thought they were great. However, Priest has never enjoyed good sales until the last few years. <BR/><BR/>Like John Christopher, I suspect he's too mainstream for sci-fi readers, whilst other people are put off by the more fantastical elements.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.com