Crash
Author: J.G. Ballard
The cult status of Crash has intensified since its original publication in 1973, making it a classic of underground literature. In this hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a ‘TV scientist’, experiments with erotic atrocities among crash victims, each more sinister than the last: ultimately, he craves a union of blood, semen and engin….Read More
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Mars. As a desolate place, forgotten by Earth. Isolated homesteaders huddle along the lines of the great canals, in thrall to Arnie Kott and his plumbing union, which controls the… Continue Reading Posted in: American, Cyberpunk Science Fiction, Real Estate Development Corrupt Practices, Science Fiction
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High-Rise
From the author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Cocaine Nights’ comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Fiction In English, High Rise Apartment Buildings Social Aspects, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Literary Fiction, Thrillers
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The Crystal World
The West African jungle is turning into crystal. Everywhere plants, trees and animals are changing and men are fleeing except some foolhardy types who remain to drift, dazzled, through this… Continue Reading Posted in: 1900, Contemporary British Fiction, English Fiction, Fiction In English, Metaphysical Science Fiction eBooks
Dermaphoria
Clandestine chemistry and the L.A. underworld provide the atmosphere for this tale of painful lost memories and the heartbreak of finding them.Eric Ashworth awakens in jail, unable to remember how… Continue Reading Posted in: Amnesia Patients, Criminals, Psychological Fiction
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