The Drowned World
By: J. G. Ballard
Publisher: Indigo; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
Subjects: Fiction
First sentence: p007.  Soon it would be too hot.
Description: THE DROWNED WORLD marked j. G. Ballard's emergence as a major writer, one of the most original of our time.  Technically brilliant, dazzingly inventive, Ballard uses fantasy to reflect the aberrations of contemporary society and to penetrate its labyrinthine passages.  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.
Notes: Originally published: London: Gollancz, 1962.  Author lived 1930-2009.
Table of contents: label: 1.
title: On the Beach at the Ritz
pagenum: 007; label: 2.
title: The Coming of the Iguanas
pagenum: 017; label: 3.
title: Towards a New Psychology
pagenum: 030; label: 4.
title: The Causeways of the Sun
pagenum: 046; label: 5.
title: Descent into Deep Time
pagenum: 070; label: 6.
title: The Drowned Ark
pagenum: 076; label: 7.
title: Carnival of Alligators
pagenum: 081; label: 8.
title: The Man with the White Smile
pagenum: 090; label: 9.
title: The Pool of Thanatos
pagenum: 096; label: 10.
title: Surprise Party
pagenum: 113; label: 11.
title: "The Ballad of Mistah Bones"
pagenum: 124; label: 12.
title: The Feast of Skulls
pagenum: 135; label: 13.
title: Too soon, too late
pagenum: 155; label: 14.
title: Grand Slam
pagenum: 160; label: 15.
title: The Paradises of the Sun
pagenum: 167