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Lives of the noble grecians and romans5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() As noted by Wikipedia, his best known books are Crash (1973), about sexual fetishists who get gratification by staging automobile accidents, and Empire of the Sun (1984), a semi-autobiographical account of Ballard’s own experiences as a young boy in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation in World War II. Let’s take a look at The Crystal World in some more detail below… In fact, as I note below, its plot struck an unusual chord with me that pretty much demanded that I read it. Of all the apocalyptic novels I’ve read through so far, this one is unique in terms of its manner of doom as well as the focus of its plot. Amazon has clued in to my bleak, weird taste in books and recommended The Crystal World (1966), by J.G. I’ve been slowly working my way through a huge collection of apocalyptic novels in preparation for another major blog post. ![]()
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