The Drought

Bookian — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:22:17 +0000

Yes, another ecological, archaeological apocalyptic disaster science fiction book classic from an early master of the message… although most people only know him as Oh Yeah, That Guy Who Wrote The Book They Made That Movie About. (google him if you dont know.) Like Frank Herbert, whose early classics like The Green Brain outpace, IMHO, the blockbuster appeal of DUNE (though dune, of course, rocks), Ballard is obscured by his blockbuster tied to the western cultural fear of the Other. (yes, old school pomo crappification.) Either way, The Drought is one of Ballards classics about environmental degradation and the accompanying decay of the human. If only he could have lived to see it… – reviewed by end of the world again

Roadside Picnic

Bookian — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:52:17 +0000

The Zone Returns! William Burroughs? No. Tarkovsky? You know, Stalker? before the whole George Clooney Solaris thing? No. Arkady and Boris, originators of the Stalker. Roadside picnic. Tarkovsky. Apocalypse. doom. Burroughs. wastelands. Strugatsky brothers. pure gold. This is one of those science fiction classics with the annoying habit of being out of print. No wonder the world is in such a horrible state. Because the trash of human race will appear as its own zone, and no one will be left to wander the fields of archaeological trash. This book should be cast in bronze, or at least some high-tech nanomolecular structure, so that it can settle in its own post-apocalyptic mausoleum to our dead race. Not that its a pessimistic viewpoint, or anything. Its just scientific. – reviewed by Zone Stalker

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The Drought

Roadside Picnic