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"A remarkable piece of invention, a flight from the world of the familiar and the real into the exotic universe of dream and desire." —New York Times Book Review
When a light aircraft crashes into the Thames at Shepperton, the young pilot who struggles to the surface minutes later seems to have come back from the dead. Within hours everything in the dormitory suburb is transformed. Vultures invade rooftops, luxuriant tropical vegetation overruns the quiet avenues, and the local inhabitants are propelled by the young man’s urgent visions through ecstatic sexual celebrations toward an apocalyptic climax. In this characteristically inventive novel Ballard displays to devastating effect the extraordinary imagination that has established him as one of the twentieth century’s most visionary writers.13 Reviews
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Jake Vandborg
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“Once again, I'm thwarted by a quinary rating system. But those are really supposed to be just an adjunct of this actual written review, eh? So let's make it that.
'The Unlimited Dream Company' came into my life one day when I was at Value Village. I hate Value Village. Someone had put this book on the side of an aisle as one of their displayed books. I had just finished the dull behemoth that is the great 'Moby Dick' and the cover of this reminded me of the time my buddy Isaac and I found a similar style cover for a little-known book called 'Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief' in grade 3. We discovered and loved it, and about a year later, a new cover was released, it was the biggest thing for pre-teens on the planet and a film was supposedly in production. Oh boy, did I wish I could strike a similar diamond in the rough with this. A nice little surprise that was forgotten to time.
The tagline reads: "Rich, Seductive and Challenging" which I can say is exactly the chords J.G. Ballard strikes so messily here. Much like Alice In Wonderland but with a God Complex, (and the paedophilic undertones now displayed prominently) "The Unlimited Dream Company' is a tough book to review. It is rich, and it is challenging, with many themes swirling about in this bubbling cauldron, but it didn't seduce me enough to be propulsive. Sure, there's a lot of sex. I mean, I think it's sex? There's certainly a lot of mention of semen and absorbing people into his body which I guess is seductive? And although it's written plainly and well and I was never bored per-se while reading; as something fantastical is always happening, I never felt the urge to continue on reading. In fact, the greatest reason why I finished this book today is a book I had on hold at the library is finally available.
This is where the two-star thing kinda kills me. This book wasn't for me, nor do I think it is for anyone really, but is more an academic look at society and self through the kaleidoscopic eyes of a stoner tripping on acid. Perhaps I'm giving this book too much, but that's what I take away from it. Too bad it felt more like the ramblings of an old man I'd call the police on instead of the likes of a David Lynch film or the aforementioned and much enjoyed, 'Alice in Wonderland'.
Ta.”
Owen Billinghurst
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