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Crash by J. G. Ballard
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Well-written, but bleh. It was just far too much for me. ( )
  alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 |
Well-written, but bleh. It was just far too much for me. ( )
  alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 |
Well-written, but bleh. It was just far too much for me. ( )
  alissamarie | Oct 25, 2009 |
excellent imagery, great mechanical/geometrical terminology, but grows repetitive quickly. Basically, the first chapter expresses all the major ideas/symbols and the rest of the book just dilutes their effectiveness. ( )
  phette23 | Oct 19, 2009 |
Please see review on my blog: Underground Man:

http://undergroundmangeomatt.blogspot... ( )
  georgematt | Aug 14, 2009 |
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Vaughan died yesterday in his last car-crash.
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Original publication date1973
People/CharactersRobert Vaughan, Elizabeth Taylor, James Ballard, Catherine, Helen Remington
Important placesLondon, England, UK
Awards and honorsLarry McCaffery's 20th Century Greatest Hits (40), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2006/2008 Edition), Guardian 1000 (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
First wordsVaughan died yesterday in his last car-crash.
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BlurbersBurgess, Anthony
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0312420331, Paperback)

J. G. Ballard's graphic, violent novel is controversial wherever it is read, even on Amazon.com's own Web page! The book's characters are obsessed with automobile accidents and are determined to narrate the horrors of the car crash as luridly as possible. In the words of the novel's protagonist, the wounds caused by automobile collisions are "the keys to a new sexuality born from a perverse technology." Read this novel and learn why David Cronenberg, who had previously adapted Dead Ringers and Naked Lunch for the screen, fought to turn it into his latest film.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400)

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