hawkwind:high rise

[Stephe Lindas]

HI, Are these books still in print? Cheers STEPHE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Pearson" <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: hawkwind:high rise


> On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:24:13 -0400, Tim <ma-paharper at IOPENER.NET> wrote:
> >wow,don't know how i missed this when it first came out
> >in '75, but just finished reading jg ballard's `high rise'.
> >incredible book,obviously ties in to hawkwind song of the same
> >name. best ballard book i've ever read. find a copy if you haven't read
it,
> >found mine in a used bookstore. those of you who've read it-
> >what did you think??
>
> YUMMMMM ... ALSATIAN!! (smacks lips)  TASTES LIKE CHICKEN!!
>
> (note: American listmembers read "Alsatian" as "German Shepherd")
>
> Uh, seriously, yeah, that's a good one (I think I even picked up my copy
in
> a bookstore in the Cleveland suburbs immediately before or after one of
the
> Stange Daze fests), but I think that Ballard continues to improve as a
> writer as he refines his means of describing how human progress
continually
> turns on us and bites us in the ass.  My favorite is his most
> recent, 'Super Cannes', which explains the lengths certain people will go
> to combat the boredom and comfort in their lives.
>
> ... and in the Hawkwind connection department, the song title (and
> atmosphere of) "City Of Lagoons" was obviously inspired by Ballard's 'The
> Drowned World'.  Other Ballard-inspired songs worth noting include "The
> Atrocity Exhibition" (Joy Division) and "Concrete Island" (ST37 ... the
> book of which is supposed to form a semi-related trilogy with 'High Rise'
> and 'Crash').
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com