Science fiction, Dystopian fiction, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Publication date
16 October 1980
Media type
Print (Hardcover)
Pages
220
Awards
John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award
ISBN
0-224-01851-5
OCLC
7313161
Dewey Decimal
813.54
LC Class
PS3558.O336
Riddley Walker is a science fiction novel by American writer Russell Hoban, first published in 1980. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science fiction novel in 1982,[1] as well as an Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award in 1983.[2] It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981.[3]
It is Hoban's best-known adult novel and a drastic departure from his other work, although he continued to explore some of the same themes in other settings.
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RiddleyWalker is a science fiction novel by American writer Russell Hoban, first published in 1980. It won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best...
both London and New York. Other notable stage performances include RiddleyWalker, Oedipus, Macbeth, Your Home In The West and Peer Gynt "The Count of...
London for the rest of his life. All of Hoban's adult novels except for RiddleyWalker, Pilgermann, Angelica Lost and Found (October 2010) and Fremder are...
Mullan, John (November 12, 2010). "RiddleyWalker by Russell Hoban". The Guardian. Retrieved May 27, 2013. RiddleyWalker: a Novel. WorldCat. OCLC 6916115...
repurposes Godmersham as "Good Mercy" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom...
Carson's short story "The Punishment of Luxury", and Russell Hoban's RiddleyWalker. The latter is set in the aftermath of nuclear war, "a post-nuclear...
stories, The Cloud of Unknowing, Count Eric Stenbock, and Russell Hoban's RiddleyWalker. Nature Unveiled (1984) Dogs Blood Rising (1984) Live at Bar Maldoror...
repurposed Canterbury as "Cambry" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. "2011 Census – Built-up areas". ONS. Archived from the original on...
repurposes Whitstable as "Widders Bel" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Kent portal "Town Population 2011". City Populations. Archived from...
repurposed Dover as "Do It Over" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Wye became "How"; Canterbury, "Cambry", and Ashford, "Bernt Arse"....
technology and struggles for survival. A fine example of this is the novel RiddleyWalker. Another subgenre is feminist utopias and the overlapping category of...
repurposes Folkestone as "Fork Stoane" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Folkestone is mentioned as a destination for a character Sherlock Holmes...
guide Red Alert, by Peter George Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois RiddleyWalker by Russell Hoban The School for Atheists by Arno Schmidt Second Ending...
repurposes Faversham as "Fathers Ham" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Buckland-by-Faversham, a parish to the south-west of Faversham. Hazebrouck...
as seat of government "The Ram" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Ramsgate lifeboat station Provides an inshore boat and an offshore...
identified "whole ideas, themes and characterizations" adopted from RiddleyWalker, a 1980 post-apocalyptic novel by Russell Hoban. On the other hand,...
(alluding to its Roman origins) in his 1980, post-apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. "History of Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre". English Heritage...
semi[-detached house]s." A glossary is provided. The book resembles, in part, RiddleyWalker, a 1981 novel by Russell Hoban written in a similar phonetic manner...
repurposes Molash as "Moal Arse" in his 1980, post apocalyptic novel RiddleyWalker. Key Statistics; Quick Statistics: Population Density United Kingdom...
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