The Inverted World

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Some of the situations described in this novel were incorporated into a short story entitled “The Inverted World,” which was first published in England in New Writings in SF — 22 by Sidgwick Jackson Ltd.

Beyond a slight duplication of background and the inclusion of a few similarly named characters, there is not much between the two that is common.

Christopher Priest

Elizabeth Khan closed the door of the surgery, and locked it. She walked slowly up the village street to where the people were gathering in the square outside the church. There had been a mood of expectancy all day as the huge bonfire took shape, and now the village children ran excitedly in the street, waiting for the moment when the fire would be lit.

Elizabeth went first to the church, but there was no sign of Father dos Santos.

A few minutes after sunset one of the men put a light to the dry tinder at the base of the pile of wood, and bright flame crackled through and up. The children danced and jumped, crying to each other as the timber popped and spat sparks.

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