The Elemental Apocalypse Quartet (2 books in series)
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review 1: Minor spoilers be ahead...Ballard's first novel, published in 1962, begins with an intriguing premise: fluctuations in solar radiation have melted the ice caps, flooding most of the world and creating new island masses. The extreme rise in temperature has rendered much of the wor...
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review 1: Second read by Ballard, this one came highly recommended, and yet again failed to engage. There is just a certain aloofness to Ballad's writing that does nothing to help the reader establish an emotional connection with the story. Martin Amis in his introduction mentions this, so...