The Drowned World: A Novel by J. G. Ballard gets a great deal of positive press as a ground breaking science fiction novel. But it seems Ballard does not take advantage of what he has undertaken. Character development is weak, for instance. Early on we get Beatrice, and there is the hint we will know her more, but the three fundamental characters remain isolated in some bizarre Freudian dream world that we never understand. The novel is also extremely racist, and therefore disappointing, in so many ways.
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