The Drowned World

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by J.G. Ballard

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I quite liked High Rise and the short story that was bound with it at the end (an added extra for the edition I bought) and, although I had issues with it I DID overall enjoy it. I take the racism and anit-women themes as to be significant of the time in which he wrote them. OR maybe he's just a racist woman hater who I should avoid? I guess I just wonder if I should bother reading this? Is it worth my time?
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Why did the main character want to go south? Was he suicidal? Why didn't he go north with his associates? How could they have filet mignons in a freezer when cows must have gone extinct at least a hundred years before??
Kate Some study expedition about what was going on in the rest of the world, and searching for resources and other possible survivors.
It was his job and s…moreSome study expedition about what was going on in the rest of the world, and searching for resources and other possible survivors.
It was his job and someone had to do it. Different meat, I suppose? (Moose, caribou, seals are possibilities.). Or artificial meat.(less)
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Do you think this is a Dystopian book? I started reading it because i saw it in a list of the best dystopian stories. But i don't categorize it as one. Am i the only one thinking this?
Kate Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic often get blended together nowadays, usually because the post apocalyptic world is quite unpleasant.

The human populatio…moreDystopian and Post Apocalyptic often get blended together nowadays, usually because the post apocalyptic world is quite unpleasant.

The human population seems to have been greatly reduced to a comparatively low number, and if London (which currently is not known for hot weather) is a barely habitable jungle, what would you think the world south of the city would be like? Humans have basically are confined to one small colonized area in the north, and chances are that won't be habitable in the long run either.(less)
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Why would an author publishing a book in 2013 with a plot taking place post-21st century repeatedly refer to people of color as "coloreds" and "negroes'?
Amanda Ure It was written and published in the early '60s.…moreIt was written and published in the early '60s.(less)
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