(Drivebycuriosity) - Sometimes I reread some of the classics I enjoyed decades ago. Christopher Priest´s strange sci-fi novel "Inverted World" stayed in mind; rereading the book was a lot of fun again (published 1974 amazon).
The plot is set on a world rule by very strange natural laws. The plot follows a young man - partly told in first person - who lives in a city that is build on railway tracks! The entire city, which is the only place the protagonist knows in the beginning, has to be moved frequently to follow a moving optimum.
The protagonist joins one of the medieval style guilds that keep the city running. During his apprenticeship he learns about the peculiarities that rule his world, that are getting more and more bizarre and challenging.
The novel is full of mind-boggling surprises and touches many topics like coming of age on a weird world, dealing with a seemingly medieval economy, the challenges of a moving city, warfare and many more. The plot may be inspired by Einstein´s theories about relativity, time and space. Anyway the novel is a classic that still has a place in modern science fiction.
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