The Drowned World

By: J.G. Ballard,Martin Amis

first published in 1962, j.g. ballard's mesmerizing and ferociously prescient novel imagines a terrifying future in which solar radiation and global warming have melted the polar ice caps and triassic-era jungles have overrun a submerged and tropical london. set during the year 2145, the novel follows biologist dr. robert kerans and his team of scientists as they confront a surreal cityscape...