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The Drowned World J. G. Ballard

The Drowned World By J. G. Ballard

The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard


Summary

In the 21st century, fluctuations in solar radiation have caused the ice caps to melt and the sea levels to rise. Civilization has retreated to the Arctic and Antarctic circles, from whence an expedition sets out to the primeval swamp that was once London.

The Drowned World Summary

The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard

In the 21st century, fluctuations in solar radiation have caused the ide-caps to melt and the seas to rise. Global temperatures have climbed, and civilization has retreated to the Arctic and Antarctic circles. London is a city now inundated by a primeval swamp, to which an expedition travels to record the flora and fauna of this new Triassic Age. This early novel by the author of CRASH and EMPIRE OF THE SUN is at once a fast paced narrative, a stunning evocation of a flooded, tropical London of the near future and a speculative foray into the workings of the unconscious mind.

About J. G. Ballard

SALES POINTS * #17 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written * 'One of the brightest stars in post-war fiction' -- Kingsley Amis * 'There are those (I am among them) who would back Ballard as Britain's number one living novelist' -- John Sutherland, Sunday Times * 'This novel, with its brilliant descriptions of an inundated London and an ecology reverting to the Triassic, gained Ballard acceptance as a major author' -- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Additional information

GOR001442757
9781857988833
1857988833
The Drowned World by J. G. Ballard
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
19990909
176
N/A
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