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A Dream of Wessex: Available Copies

An omnibus of Christopher Priest's work, containing his science-fiction novel "Space Machine", which is partly a homage to H.G. Wells, and "A Dream of Wessex", the tale of an alternative reality. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Richmond: Valancourt Books:, 2016. Trade paperback, New, 223 pp. Cover artwork by: Henry Petrides "The western democracies are disintegrating, scarred by violence and gripped with fear of terrorist attacks. Trying to find solutions to today's problems, Julia Stretton and other specialists at the Wessex Project have created a virtual reality projection of a utopian future where all current issues have been resolved - how did they achieve it? But on entering Wessex, they lose all memory of their 'real' lives outside, and as they move back and forth the lines between dream and reality become obscured. When Julia's ex-lover, the sadistic Paul Mason, joins the project, he has a sinister plan to take the Wessex projection to a new and terrifying level . " This is a print-on-demand title.

HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN VERY GOOD CONDITION,NAME ON FIRST BLANK PAGE,BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION BOOK CLUB

Some wear to covers and page edges otherwise good reading copy.

Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

signed by the author 1st Wilhelm Heyne 1979 German edition paperback vg In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

A Dream of Wessex (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

Novel set in Dorset and environs. 199 pp. Weight: 1 Language: English Book Club edition, originally published by Faber & Faber in 1977.

Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

First Edition. Original cloth, fine, in like dust jacket with the original price on the front flap. Flatsigned "Christopher Pries" on the title page below his name. Nice.

© 1977: A stand-alone novel by Christopher Priest. 1st printing of 1978 edition. UK SFBC #1140:- Synopsis: "It is now clear that Mr Priest is not going to trot round and round the same old orbit but is a versatile, autonomous writer from whom we can expect nothing expectable". So said Ursula Le Guin in The Times Literary Supplement of Christopher Priest's previous novel 'The Space Machine'. In this new book he turns from romantic Victorian fantasy to a novel about, but not set in, the future. Escaping from a bitter, lacerating affair with Paul Mason, Julia Stretton starts work with the Wessex Foundation, an industrially funded electronic think-tank. In this, her preoccupations with her own past life are replaced by involvement with the future of Britain, and its role in the world. The work absorbs her; and Wessex, an imagined world of the future, becomes a surrogate reality, an expression of the psychological strengths she has lacked in her own life. But Mason, drawn to Julia by inner needs of his own, is determined to follow her, and several years later Julia has to confront him again. Now, though, there is more at stake. Wessex is more than a surrogate; for Julia, the dream has become real:- Review(s): "A novelist of distinction" was the description given to Christopher Priest by The Sunday Times, and 'A Dream Of Wessex' is his fifth novel. This is a book of evocative disparities: between the stresses of contemporary life and the tranquil, idyllic world of the imagines Wessex; between the emotional turbulence of possessive sexuality and a simple love-affair":- (original cost unmarked).

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

As brand new.

Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The classic novel of virtual realities by a multi-award-winning literary SF writer.nChristopher Priest s artful sleight of hand when it comes to manipulating the experience of his books and notions of what is real reaches a peak in this novel that accou.

The Wessex Foundation, an electronic think-tank, brings an alternative reality to the participants. Only memory eludes them, for in Wessex nothing is constant except the castle. It stands, solid, a beacon, a gateway between centuries. The author's other novels include "The Glamour". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Abacus pb 1991 reprint - some wear, esp to corners, light creases to cover, pages tanning, otherwise tight binding and clean text.

KlappentextThe western democracies are disintegrating, scarred by violence and gripped with fear of terrorist attacks. Trying to find solutions to today s problems, Julia Stretton and other specialists at the Wessex Project have created .

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Paul Nash illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the top corner of the upper board with a hint of bumping. The contents, with a little faint offsetting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper which is a touch faded to the spine and has been clipped and repriced by the publisher (£4.50 on the front flap). Signed by Christopher Priest in blue ink on the title page. A science fiction novel in which researchers in contemporary Dorset enter a virtual reality collective consciousness projection of a future Britain. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First UK Edition (True First)/First Printing; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. SIGNED by the author to the title page. A pristine copy of this novel by the award winning and critically acclaimed author of "The Prestige", "Inverted World", etc. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.

Neuware - The western democracies are disintegrating, scarred by violence and gripped with fear of terrorist attacks. Trying to find solutions to today's problems, Julia Stretton and other specialists at the Wessex Project have created a virtual reality projection of a utopian future where all current issues have been resolved - how did they achieve it But on entering Wessex, they lose all memory of their 'real' lives outside, and as they move back and forth the lines between dream and reality become obscured. When Julia's ex-lover, the sadistic Paul Mason, joins the project, he has a sinister plan to take the Wessex projection to a new and terrifying level . . . Christopher Priest's fifth novel, A Dream of Wessex (1977), is a classic of science fiction that will keep readers guessing until the startling, mind-bending conclusion. Priest's novels The Space Machine, The Affirmation, and The Separation are also available from Valancourt. '[An] excellent and intriguing novel . the characters and their emotions are real, the concepts fascinating, and the sense of foreboding almost unbearable.' - Library Journal 'This fine novel about time-unravellers has hallucinatory powers . Priest is a novelist of real distinction.' - The Times (London) 'Christopher Priest is one of our most gifted young writers of science fiction. I recommend A Dream of Wessex. I can best convey its quality by saying that I think not only H.G. Wells but Thomas Hardy himself would have enjoyed and approved of it.' - John Fowles, author of The Magus 'It is a strange novel, technically very assured in its shifts of time and handling of place-in-time, sketching in the edges of the dream with considerable vividness. A fine, exciting novel - SF if you want a label, but an enrichment not only of the sub-genre, but the whole genre too.' - The Guardian

Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Priest. Issued a few weeks later in the U.S. as THE PERFECT LOVER. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168659)

Octavo, boards. Signed by Priest. Issued a few weeks later in the U.S. as THE PERFECT LOVER. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#168659) (29482)