A terrifying vision of the future from one of the twentieth century's most renowned writers - J. G. Ballard, author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'. Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth-century America has been abandoned. Now, a century later, an expedition from Europe returns to the deserted continent. But America is unrecognisable - the Bering Strait has been dammed and the whole continent has become a desert, populated by isolated natives and the bizarre remnants of a disintegrated culture. ...
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A terrifying vision of the future from one of the twentieth century's most renowned writers - J. G. Ballard, author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'. Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth-century America has been abandoned. Now, a century later, an expedition from Europe returns to the deserted continent. But America is unrecognisable - the Bering Strait has been dammed and the whole continent has become a desert, populated by isolated natives and the bizarre remnants of a disintegrated culture. The expedition sets off from Manhattan on a cross-continent journey, through Holiday Inns and abandoned theme parks. They will uncover a shocking new power in the heart of Las Vegas in this unique vision of our world transformed. This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Ned Beauman, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman and Martin Amis) and brand-new cover designs.
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White, Tim. F-/F- 224 p. 1st US edition, hardcover from Carroll & Graf, 1988. FINE MINUS IN FINE MINUS DJ. Ink name and date inside, small soil area to back panel of dj.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper a very nice clean copy, like new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. One hesitates to pigeonhole the late great English writer within the confines of "science fiction, " but there he is. "Speculative" would be a better description. This is a Fine copy of the First American Edition, a rather "wicked satire" on America. Gray paper boards with a blue cloth spine and titling in silver on the spine. Clean text; 224 pages. The dustjacket is unclipped; it has a faint rub mark on the rear panel, and touches of wear at the tips; else Fine. In an archival plastic protector.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book A square solid tight clean unread copy. The priced jacket has some light edge wear, a negative looking extra barcode to the rear panel. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NORMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY.
