《The drowned world》作者： - J. G. Ballard 【EPUB】

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The Drowned World J G Ballard Produced by calibre 0.6.16 THE DROWNED WORLD by J.G. Ballard Copyright 1962 by J.G. Ballard Published by arrangement with the author's agent. BERKLEY MEDALLION EDITION, AUGUST 1962 CONTENTS 1On the Beach at the Ritz 2The Coming of the Iguanas 3Towards a New Psychology 4The Causeways of the Sun 5Descent into Deep Time 6The Drowned Ark 7Carnival of Alligators 8The Man with the White Smile 9The Pool of Thanatos 10Surprise Party 11"The Ballad of Mistah Bones" 12The Feast of Skulls 13Too Soon, Too Late 14Grand Slam 15The Paradises of the Sun CHAPTER 1 On the Beach at the Ritz Soon it would be too hot. Looking out from the hotel balcony shortly after eight o'clock, Kerans watched the sun rise behind the dense groves of giant gymnosperms crowding over the roofs of the abandoned department stores four hundred yards away on the east side of the lagoon. Even through the massive olive-green fronds the relentless power of the sun was plainly tangible. The blunt refracted rays drummed against his bare chest and shoulders, drawing out the first sweat, and he put on a pair of heavy sunglasses to protect his eyes. The solar disc was no longer a well-defined sphere, but a wide expanding ellipse that fanned out across the eastern horizon like a colossal fire-ball, its reflection turning the dead leaden surface of the lagoon into a brilliant copper shield. By noon, less than four hours away, the water would seem to burn. Usually Kerans woke at five, and reached the biological