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The Drowned World

By J. G. Ballard

(15)

| Paperback | 9781857988833

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Book Description

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 recContinue

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This is an early novel of J.G.Ballard written back in 1962 and marked his emergence as a major writer of our times. Having read some of his more recent novels I was delighted to find this one at the OBCZ in Writtle. Have been looking forward to reading it and did so in just two sessions(only 175 pag ... (continue)

This is an early novel of J.G.Ballard written back in 1962 and marked his emergence as a major writer of our times. Having read some of his more recent novels I was delighted to find this one at the OBCZ in Writtle. Have been looking forward to reading it and did so in just two sessions(only 175 pages). I found it a somewhat spooky and eerie story in parts feasible if one considers global warming,about a flooded tropical London.

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