Absolutely love this trilogy too. The Drowned World was my first proper introduction to Ballard. I'd always liked the movie Empire of the Sun since I was a kid

Absolutely love this trilogy too. The Drowned World was my first proper introduction to Ballard. I'd always liked the movie Empire of the Sun since I was a kid, but could never quite put my finger on why. One day in 2020 I read the films wikipedia page, started reading more about him as an author and got hooked. To quote John Gray [1], >Unlike many others, it wasn't his dystopian vision that gripped my imagination. For me his work was lyrical – an evocation of the beauty that can be gleaned from landscapes of desolation. 1. https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2018/12/john-gray-on-jg-ballard-conversation https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2018/12/john-gray-on-jg...