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The Crystal World

Yazan: J. G. Ballard
Seslendiren: Sean Barrett
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From J.G. Ballard, author of Crash and Cocaine Nights comes his extraordinary vision of an African forest that turns all in its path to crystal.

Through a 'leaking' of time, the West African jungle starts to crystallize. Trees are metamorphosed into enormous jewels. Crocodiles encased in second glittering skins lurch down the river. Pythons with huge blind gemstone eyes rear in heraldic poses.

Fearing this transformation as a herald of the apocalypse, most flee the area in terror, afraid to face a catastrophe they cannot understand. But some, dazzled and strangely entranced, remain to drift through this dreamworld forest. Travelling through this gilded land, a doctor tries to resist its strange allure in pursuit of his ex-mistress, while a tribe of lepers search for Paradise…

In this tour de force of the imagination, Ballard transports the listener into one of his most unforgettable landscapes.

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fantastic novel great narration by Sean Barrett .....if only they adapted this to make a great movie

J G Ballard The Crystal world

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I can only say thank goodness this was not the first Ballard book I ever read. I'd never have picked up another book by this author again if it had been. This is a love story trying not to be. No sooner has Sanders met Louise than he's trying to seduce her and Susanne his old love who is by then married. It seems to me that Ballard writes about himself and feels the need to dominate everyone around him and especially women. In this book Sanders is clearly Ballard. If you've read 'Drowned World' then don't read this one. This is, in essence, a poor man's Drowned World and nothing like as good. It is intriguing and there is some action, but overall a disappointment. There are holes in the plot and it seems to me that Ballard had an idea but didn't think it through properly before committing it to paper. The plot is full of inconstencies and pays no attention to the laws of physics. If you do read this then you'll see what I mean.

Drowned World revisited

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I listened to this in complete dark, the sonorous tones of Barrett seeming to echo through the crystal horrors that Ballard describes.

Highly recommended.

Wonderful narration

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Chilling yet beautiful, visionary and yet stark. Not only is there no other book like this in the genre called science fiction, there's just no other book like this in Ballard's library.

A great read

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I'm a huge JG fan but this is poor. I have given up after several hours. The plot is weak and overall it's been a huge letdown. Performance was brilliant and kept me listening longer than I wanted

Far from JG's brilliant best

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