The Disaster Area

<p>This mesmerizing collection demonstrates perfectly Ballard’s extraordinary writing talent.</p> <p>All the concentrated power and imagination that distinguish his novels are demonstrated here: the iron strength of his stories lies in the juxtaposition of a recognisable physical word with an inner, complex dream landscape. Within this Disaster Area you’ll find:</p> <p>The Concentration City – where the world creaks under one unimaginably vast megalopolis. there is no free space, and there is no way out ...</p> <p>The Subliminal Man – come face to face with the ultimate advertisement, then wish you hadn’t ...</p> <p>Manhole 69 – a group of surgically altered men try to do without sleep. But permanent consciousness turns out to be worse than any nightmare.</p>