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Author:	J. G. Ballard
Title:	Crash
Publisher:	Panther / Granada
Country:	UK
Date:	1975
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Society
ISBN-10:	0586041052
Total Editions:	4
First Published:	1973
Rating:	8.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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J. G. Ballard - Crash - Jonathan Cape - Hardcover - UK - 0224007823 (1973)

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ppint. 2nd Jan 2023		Rated 8/10 it might be worth a ''9'', but yr hmbl srppnt.'s only read it the once, and definitely does *not* desi^W wish to read it again. it's very well thought out & through, very well written - and *horrible*. in an all too-near future, a cult is arising, centered upon the work of a charismatic, self-publicising ?research? ?psychiatrist?, prizing and preserving the wounds received in car crashes as a reflection of the damage received by the drivers' cars, and similarly prizing and preserving the damage received in those crashes as a reflection of the wounds received by their human occupants, and glorifying - and finding erotic arousal, and perhaps ecstasy, from both. - as the cult spreads and it, and its values, become increasingly accepted into our social mainstream, it also becomes increasingly difficult to discern or define any aim for life separate from the aims and inevitable objective of achieving increasingly horrific car/self-inflicted crash injury and - ultimately - the glory(?) of a gory mechanical death. - as we make our creations and our constructions more intelligent and - arguably - more human-like, do we not make ourselves more construct-like and more inhuman: - and is this inevitable ? - gave a whole new meaning to ''auto-erotica'' - - and arguably invented ''auto-necrotica'' as humanity's highest aim. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 1st Jan 2023		granada publishing panther books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box) cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from two near-identical 1977 reprintings by reference to the indicia publishing history, which adds line stating reprinted 1977, and then again.

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