The Extremes

Awards:   Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1999 (UK) Shortlisted for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1999. Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1999 (UK) Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1999.
Author:   Christopher Priest
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
ISBN:  

9780575075788


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   08 September 2005
Format:   Paperback
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The Extremes


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Awards

  • Short-listed for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1999 (UK)
  • Shortlisted for Arthur C. Clarke Award 1999.
  • Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1999 (UK)
  • Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1999.

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British-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a gunman's massacre has haunting similarities to the murders in Texas. Desperate to unravel the mystery, Teresa turns to the virtual reality world of Extreme Experience, ExEx, now commercially available since she trained on it in the US. The best and worst of human experience can be found in ExEx, and in the extremes of violence Teresa finds that past and present combine . . .

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Author:   Christopher Priest
Publisher:   Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:   Gollancz
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.298kg
ISBN:  

9780575075788


ISBN 10:   0575075783
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   08 September 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Author Website:   www.christopher-priest.co.uk

Christopher Priest's novels have built him an inimitable dual reputation as a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel The Prestige is unique in winning both a major literary prize (the James Tait Black Award) and a major genre prize (The World Fantasy Award). He was selected for the original Best of Young British Novelists in 1983. He lives with his wife, the writer Leigh Kennedy, and their children in Hastings.

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Author Website:   www.christopher-priest.co.uk

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