The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe

Informationen zum Autor D G Compton (1930-2023) David Guy Compton was born in London in 1930. His early works were crime novels published under 'Guy Compton', but he began producing SF as 'D.G. Compton' in 1965 with The Quality of Mercy . His 1970 novel The Steel Crocodile received a Nebula nomination, but it was 1974's The Continuous Catherine Mortenhoe that made his reputation. Eerily predictive of the 21st century's obsessions with media voyeurism and 'reality television', it was filmed as Death Watch in 1980. Klappentext Now on the acclaimed SF Masterworks list, D.G. Compton's extraordinary novel is a forgotten classic of British SF that exposed the pitfalls of voyeuristic entertainment decades before the likes of THE TRUMAN SHOW. Zusammenfassung Now on the acclaimed SF Masterworks list, D.G. Compton's extraordinary novel is a forgotten classic of British SF that exposed the pitfalls of voyeuristic entertainment decades before the likes of THE TRUMAN SHOW.

Product details

• Authors: D G Compton, D. G. Compton, D.G. Compton, David G. Compton
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780575118317
• ISBN: 978-0-575-11831-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: S.F. MASTERWORKS; S.F. MASTERWORKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, FICTION / Science Fiction / Genetic Engineering, reality tv; The Truman Show; voyeurism