A haunting sci-fi novel of a dying world, exploring urban desolation and human resilience in a decaying city.
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A haunting sci-fi novel of a dying world, exploring urban desolation and human resilience in a decaying city.
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Ballard's main characters, at least in The Drowned World, are in various stages of separating themselves from the slowly submerging structures of civilizations -- returning to some pre-civilization uterine state, and due to the nature of the coming apocalypse, confronted with inescapable death. Compton's fungus destroys buildings but does not spell the humanity. As a result, the nature of his philosophical ruminations, character interactions, etc are distinctly different. The Silent Mu
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Minor violence implied in the fall of the city; no graphic depictions noted.
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Moderate social commentary on civilization and urban collapse as allegory.
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