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A Dream of Wessex: Available Copies

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less

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.

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.

The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

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

A Dream of Wessex (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)

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.

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.

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

© 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).

220 pages. Cover worn. text tanned Originally published: London : Faber, 1977.

Shelf wear to the softcover & textblock edge with gentle creasing to the corners. Marks on the back of the cover. Tanned textblock, darker at the edges. Content is in good condition.

SF novel. Fine in Near Fine jacket; publisher has clipped lower corner and printed £4.50 on jacket. Beautiful copy.

Earthlight/Simon & Schuster, London, 1999, mass market paperback, First Paperback issue with a complete number line ending in '1'. Omnibus edition with The Space Machine & A dream of Wessex. The book is unread; a tight clean edition with a previous owner's sticker on the first page in and a small red Japanese stamp with his name- rather attractive and both are neatly done, tanning to the pages as is usual; no creases at spine and a few very small faint surface scratches which are negligible - a scarce item, especially in such nice shape - listed as Near Fine with slight issues, closer to New.

The Space Machine and A Dream of Wessex (1999) ? Christopher Priest Earthlight | ISBN: 9780671033897 Condition: As New | Sold by Crappy Old Books Reality. A wonderfully reassuring concept, provided nobody examines it too closely. Most people assume that the world around them is more or less what it appears to be, that yesterday happened before today, and that travelling to another planet requires considerably more than an eccentric inventor, a peculiar machine and an adventurous disregard for personal safety. Christopher Priest, however, has spent much of his literary career demonstrating that such assumptions are dangerously optimistic. Welcome to The Space Machine and A Dream of Wessex , a magnificent double helping of speculative fiction from one of Britain?s most inventive and intellectually mischievous writers. Two novels, two extraordinary explorations of reality, and enough unsettling ideas to make the average reader question whether the world outside the window is operating quite as advertised. First comes The Space Machine , Priest?s wonderfully imaginative tribute to the great scientific romances of H. G. Wells. Originally published in 1976, it follows Edward Turnbull, a travelling salesman whose ordinary existence takes a decidedly extraordinary turn when he encounters Amelia Fitzgibbon and an experimental machine capable of journeys that would make the average railway timetable look hopelessly provincial. What begins as an adventure involving scientific curiosity rapidly develops into an astonishing journey through space and time, drawing upon the imaginative worlds of Wells?s The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds . Victorian conventions collide with extraordinary technologies, alien landscapes and the uncomfortable discovery that the universe is considerably less accommodating than the average English drawing room. Then comes A Dream of Wessex , originally published in 1977, a rather different but equally fascinating exploration of the boundaries between imagination and existence. Here, a group of researchers participates in an extraordinary experiment involving a collectively constructed alternative reality. Through advanced psychological techniques, they enter a shared imaginary world representing a transformed version of England, where familiar geography conceals profoundly different historical and political circumstances. Unfortunately, creating an alternative reality is one thing. Maintaining control over it, particularly when human ambition, jealousy and emotional manipulation become involved, is quite another. Priest explores questions of identity, perception, memory and the disturbing possibility that an imagined world might become more meaningful than the supposedly genuine one. After all, if a fictional reality offers greater happiness, freedom or fulfilment than everyday existence, who gets to decide which world deserves our loyalty? Together, these two novels demonstrate Priest?s remarkable range, combining the adventurous traditions of early science fiction with the psychological uncertainty and philosophical sophistication that became hallmarks of his writing. This 1999 Earthlight omnibus edition , offered in As New condition by Crappy Old Books , is an excellent acquisition for Christopher Priest enthusiasts, collectors of British science fiction and readers who enjoy intelligent speculative fiction that challenges conventional assumptions about existence. Two extraordinary adventures exploring the mysteries of space, time, imagination and the fragile distinction between reality and illusion. And a useful reminder that when somebody offers you the opportunity to travel through time or inhabit an entirely different reality, it might be sensible to ask a few questions first. Particularly about the return arrangements. Because getting away from everything is wonderfully appealing. Getting back, unfortunately, may prove rather more complicated.

Minimal wear to the jacket. Leaning spine. Lightly tanned textblock with foxing to the edges. Content is in very good, clean condition.

As brand new.

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

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

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.

vg++ 1st Pan 1978 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

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. 8vo. 199 pp. Green clothe with gilt lettering to the spine. Fine book in a fine jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. From the Georgia Sales Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Collection.

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)