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| | 1. |  | Empire of the Sun
from Simon & Schuster
Price: $10.40
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An incredible book. While reading this book I realized I had never heard much about the WW2 in the pacific outside of the American military operations of island hoping and the movies that came out of those events. I found this book very interesting. What was more surprising is it was based of... more info
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| | 2. |  | Crash: A Novel
from Picador
Price: $10.40
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I really wanted to read this as a darkly-poetic statement about the direction in which our technology is taking us and/or alienation and the desire for connection (physical or otherwise), but was just too personally alienated (perhaps intentionally?) by all the issues I mentioned in the title-line... more info
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| | 4. |  | The Crystal World
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Price: $12.60
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Ballard's "The Crystal World" was published in 1966 and followed several Science Fiction books, his novels "The Wind From Nowhere" and "The Drowned World", and a series of stories - one of which formed the basis for this novel - written at the beginning of his career. Although the theme of "The... more info
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| | 5. |  | High Rise (Flamingo Modern Classic)
from Firebird Distributing
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I spent years waiting for this novel. And then I finally got it from my wife for my birthday. I have to say that I was quite disappointed.
First, the conflict in the story is presented in such a fashion that it is hard to be anything but detached from it. While I am aware that I am from... more info
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| | 7. |  | Concrete Island: A Novel
from Picador
Price: $10.40
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What do you get when you cross the premise of "Man vs. Wild" (a lost traveler struggling to survive unforgiving terrain and return to civilization) with "The Twilight Zone's" surreal existentialism and social commentary? You get "Concrete Island," a hypnotic tale of a man who finds himself in a very... more info
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| | 8. |  | War Fever
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Price: $16.20
Customer Review:
J.G. Ballard is a rare find, a dystopian with a very, very dry sense of humor. The future isn't the bestiality of "1984" or the state mandated hedonism of Huxley's vision. Rather it comes from the constant tidal pressure of creeping suburbia puncuated with moments of surreal violence sputtered out... more info
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| | 9. | [no image] | Memories of the Space Age
from Arkham House Publishers
Price: $21.95
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In 1968, the day after the Apollo moon landing, PanAm, one of the USA's biggest airlines at the time, began accepting reservations for flights to the moon. NASA, some time later, announced plans for a permanent moon base by the 1980s. It is difficult for someone who was not much more than a twinkle... more info
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| | 10. |  | The Day of Creation: A Novel
from Picador
Price: $13.00
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A doctor, sick of the corporate shill he is becoming goes to work in Central Africa. He gets obsessed with finding water, as well as being in the middle of a small military conflict.
When lots of water does happen to come around he starts to get loopier and loopier, hunting for its source, with... more info
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