This edition is missing the cover description, which should be:
The world of Helward Mann is not as it should be. But at the age of six hundred and fifty miles, it's time he learnt to live with contradiction. And so, emerging from the safety of Earth city, Helward begins to comprehend the predicament of his people – and to experience for himself the inescapable effects of his inverted world; a planet of infinite size within a finite universe.…
A brilliantly conceived excursion into the realms of paradox and distorted perception, Inverted World is one of Christopher Priest's most accomplished science fiction novels.
The world of Helward Mann is not as it should be. But at the age of six hundred and fifty miles, it's time he learnt to live with contradiction. And so, emerging from the safety of Earth city, Helward begins to comprehend the predicament of his people – and to experience for himself the inescapable effects of his inverted world; a planet of infinite size within a finite universe.…
A brilliantly conceived excursion into the realms of paradox and distorted perception, Inverted World is one of Christopher Priest's most accomplished science fiction novels.