reviews
Jun 05, 2011
Colonel
rated it: 
These are trademark Ballardian tales which summon up the works of painters like Giorgio De Chirico and Edward Hopper, and musicians like Terry Riley and Jon Hassell instead of works of literature.
Here's the summary of the opening novella, "The Ultimate City":
This lengthy story sets in the early/mid- 21st century. Halloway is a young aviator and a resident of Garden City, a self-supporting and advanced agrarian town of the "post-technological age". Halloway finds More...
Here's the summary of the opening novella, "The Ultimate City":
This lengthy story sets in the early/mid- 21st century. Halloway is a young aviator and a resident of Garden City, a self-supporting and advanced agrarian town of the "post-technological age". Halloway finds More...
Dec 17, 2007
John
rated it:
Sometimes it pays to take a chance on a $4 book in a used bookstore. I saw this quaint little paperback with totally 1970's sci-fi cover art in Housing Works two weeks ago and picked it up on a whim. I was not disappointed. The book leads off with a novella, The Ultimate City, about a man exploring an ancient abandoned city in an age when society has retreated to simple self-sustaining garden villages. In our age, where anyone with half a brain is (quite rightfully) fretful about the destruc
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Jan 12, 2008
R.
rated it:
A repurchase, ordered from Powells - after selling it 7 or so years ago to sate late night drives to Portland for...for perusing the cathartic aisles of this pleasure palace. Always nice to have some store credit.
Includes:
The Life and Death of God: For my money, the best prose description of God; and how proving Him won't make a difference in the long run, thus the "death".
The Greatest Television Show on Earth: TV producers bank on a new reality pr More...
Includes:
The Life and Death of God: For my money, the best prose description of God; and how proving Him won't make a difference in the long run, thus the "death".
The Greatest Television Show on Earth: TV producers bank on a new reality pr More...
Mar 16, 2009
Dan
rated it: 
Dystopic stories. Interesting little parallels and “figures in the carpet” worked throughout the stories: a story about a woman named Judith is followed by another story about another woman named Judith; a story about a couple waiting for the return to earth of a satellite containing the body of a dead astronaut is followed by a story about an astronaut whose mental state is fragile as a result of a recent bout with madness brought on by a trip into space. Classic planes and characters interes
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