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The Drowned World is a 1962 science fiction novel by J. G. Ballard. In contrast to much post-apocalyptic fiction, the novel features a central character who, rather than being disturbed by the end of the old world, is enraptured by the chaotic reality that has come to replace it. The novel is an expansion of a novella with the same title published in Science Fiction Adventures magazine in January 1962, Vol 4 No. 24. (Nova Publications.) The Drowned World opens within the conventions of a hard... full article at wikipedia
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  • 1987
  • 9780881843248
  • 1976
  • 9780140022292
  • 1981
  • 9780825695711
  • 1987
  • 9780816197323
  • 1993
  • 1857990269
  • 1996
  • 9780745157696
  • 1999
  • 9781857988833
  • 1978
  • 0575002786
  • 1997
  • 057540129X
  • 1983
  • 9780460022576
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