by Christopher Priest (Author)
A uniquely powerful novel of a society in decay. On a planet whose very nature is a mystery a massive decrepit city is pulled along a massive railway track, laying the line down before it as it progresses into the wilderness. The society within toils under an oppressive regime, its structures always on the point of collapse, the lives of its individuals lived in misery. No one knows where they are going, why they are going or what they will find when they get there. The ending of the novel provides one of the most profound twists in SF.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 13 May 2010
ISBN 10: 0575082100
ISBN 13: 9780575082106
Book Overview: 'One of two or three of the most impressive pure-SFnovels produced in the UK since World War Two' ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION.
Prizes: Winner of British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel 1975.