J.G. Ballard's 'The Drowned World' (1962): Psycho-Geographical Cli-Fi

Jim Clarke

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    Abstract

    Ballard's 'The Drowned World' is often considered to be a form of proto-Climate Fiction. This introduction to the work, taken from Axel Goodbody's and Adeline Johns-Putra's excellent Cli-Fi reader from Peter Lang, explores how Ballard's work both predates but encodes key components of what we now recognise as Climate fiction.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCli-Fi
    Subtitle of host publicationA Companion
    EditorsAxel Goodbody, Adeline Johns-Putra
    Place of PublicationOxford
    PublisherPeter Lang
    Pages21-26
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Print)9781788740722
    Publication statusPublished - 19 Dec 2018

    Publication series

    NameGenre Fiction and Film Companions
    PublisherPeter Lang

    Keywords

    • Climate Fiction
    • Science fiction
    • Literary Theory

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
    • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
    • Literature and Literary Theory

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