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The Drought

by J.G. Ballard · 1964

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Weird and mesmerizingly grotesque, The Droughttells the chilling story of the world on the brink of extinction, where a global drought, brought on by industrial waste, has left mankind in a life-or-death search for water. Violence erupts and insanity reigns as the human race struggles for survival in a worldwide desert of despair.

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science fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisdystopiadystopiaMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1960s1960sMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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