7022 f4ef6251-7096-4ec2-b74d-08910a1e2967 The Drowned World J. G. Ballard calibre (0.8.24) [http://calibre-ebook.com] 1962-01-01T14:00:00+00:00 <div><h3>Review</h3><p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2"><font size="2">This is a fascinating read, for it prefigures many of the themes that pervade the author's subsequent books: planetary/ecological disaster, entropy, the devolution of human nature, a preoccupation with the roots of violence. For those unfamiliar with Ballard, it's a good introduction -- more accessible and less transgressive than some of his later work, yet full of the arresting surrealism and hallucinatory brilliance of language that are hallmarks of his writing.     </font></font></font></font></p><h3>About the Author</h3><p>J.G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His controversial novel Crash was also made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg. His most recent novels include the Sunday Times bestsellers Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes. </p></div> HarperCollins UK 0007221835 f4x7nkRfyTUC 9780007221837 eng Science Fiction General Fantasy Fiction Literary SciFi-Masterwork