Christopher Priest
Sign in to saveAlso known as Christopher McKenzie Priest, John Luther Novak, Colin Wedgelock, Chris Priest
British author (1943–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Works
- 53
Top works
- The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories
- The Vintage Book of Amnesia
- New Writings in SF-15
- Glamour
- Univers 05
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Film & TV
Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK
Christopher Priest (14 July 1943 — 2 February 2024) was an English novelist and science fiction writer. His works include Fugue for a Darkening Island, Inverted World, The Affirmation, The Glamour, The Prestige and The Separation. Priest has been strongly influenced by the science fiction of H. G. Wells and in 2006 was appointed to the position of Vice-President of the international H. G. Wells…
Known for
- The War Of The Worlds: The Prophetic Novel — Self (Writer)2025
- The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan — Self2007
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1969
britishhard rockheavy metalmetalnwobhm
Discography
- Rocka Rolla1974
- Sad Wings of Destiny1976
- Sin After Sin1977
- Stained Class1978
- Killing Machine1978
- British Steel1980
- Point of Entry1981
- Screaming for Vengeance1982
- Defenders of the Faith1984
- Turbo1986
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 143
- Total plays
- 1,570
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cheadle
- Spouse
- Nina Allan
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- science fiction novel
- Official website
- www.christopher-priest.co.uk
- Image
- Christopher Priest (2019).jpg
Show 9 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-07-14
- influenced by
- H. G. Wells
- Commons category
- Christopher Priest
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- name in native language
- Christopher Priest
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2024-02-02
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
- P12749
- Toay
Sources (12)
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