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Touching finish as those who survived the craze of the sixties grew up in spite of themselves.

Enigmatic. Anatomy, apocalypse, media, fiction as the new reality, desensitivity, devaluation, chasing catharsis, chasing car wrecks, sex as anatomy. I am somewhat intrigued but remain unenlightened as I approach the end of this summation to a career.

My first Ballard. I saw Empire of the Sun years back, giving this sequel to the novel some context and the image of Christian Bale. Apocalypse is right there from the beginning of the book, described in uncanny detail in the real world wartime equivalent.