The Drowned World

TitleThe Drowned World
Year for Search1962
AuthorsBallard, J[ames] G[raham](1930-2009)
Tertiary AuthorsBallard, J. G.
Date Published1962
PublisherBerkley Medallion
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsEnglish author, Male author
Annotation

A Ballardian version of a climate change/global warming dystopia set in 2145 in a tropical, abandoned, and flooded London.

Additional Publishers

U.S. ed. rpt. in The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. U.K. ed. rpt. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1983; and, with minor changes. London: The Folio Society, 2013, with an Introduction by Will Self (xi-xviii) and Illus. By James Boswell. Expanded from “The Drowned World.” Science Fiction Adventures 4.24 (January 1962).

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Author Note

(1930-2009)

Full Text

1962 Ballard, J[ames] G[raham] (1930-2009). The Drowned World. New York: Berkley Medallion. U.K. ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. U.S. ed. rpt. in The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. U.K. ed. rpt. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1983; and, with minor changes. London: The Folio Society, 2013, with an Introduction by Will Self (xi-xviii) and Illus. by James Boswell. Expanded from “The Drowned World.” Science Fiction Adventures 4.24 (January 1962). C, NLS, PSt

A Ballardian version of a climate change/global warming dystopia set in 2145 in a tropical, abandoned, and flooded London.