The storm out of nowhere
The storm from nowhere (original title: The Wind from Nowhere ) is a 1962 science fiction novel by the British author JG Ballard .
content
A global super storm that speeds up five mph every day is gradually destroying almost all of nature and human infrastructure. While science is perplexed by the phenomenon, people look in vain for shelter in cellars, bunkers, underground garages and subway shafts. A small group of military and scientists arrive at a huge concrete bunker that belongs to the mysterious multi-billionaire Hardoon. But even Hardoon's bunker and the gigantic pyramid built on it as an observation post can no longer withstand the storm. In the end, the storm suddenly subsides. The reasons for the formation and the end of the storm remain open.
Classification in the work of the author
The novel was Ballard's first work, the sales success of which enabled him to work full-time as a writer. In his four first novels The Storm from Nowhere , Carnival of the Alligators , also as Paradises of the Sun ( The Drowned World ), World in Flames , also as Die Dürre ( The Burning World ) and Kristallwelt ( The Crystal World ), Ballard thematized four different ones Dystopias based on the four elements air, water, fire and earth.
expenditure
The work initially appeared as a two-part sequel in 1961 in the September and October issues of New Worlds Science Fiction , No. 110 and 111.
- The Wind from Nowhere. Berkley Medallion, New York 1962 (imprint from Berkley Books)
- The storm out of nowhere. Translation: Gisela Stege. Heyne Science-fiction & Fantasy No. 3028 - Heyne, Munich 1964. (3rd edition 1978, ISBN 3-453-30501-9 ). Also in: Time ends or The elements. Library of Science Fiction Literature No. 82 - Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-04515-7 .
In addition to the German-language edition, translations into French, Italian and Dutch were also published. It was reprinted several times and appeared in edited volumes of Ballard's works.
literature
- Gregory Stephenson: Out of the Night and Into the Dream. A Thematic Study of the Fiction by JG Ballard. Greenwood, New York 1991, ISBN 0-313-27922-5 , pp. 42-46. ( limited preview in Google Book search). Contains: English language table of contents.
- Reviews
- Ben Jeapes : The Wind From Nowhere - JG Ballard. In: Vector , British Science Fiction Association , No. 168, August / September 1992.
Web links
- The Wind from Nowhere in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Simon Sellars: The Wind From Nowhere (1961) . In: Ballardian , October 10, 2006 (a website dedicated to Ballard, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Stringer: JG Ballard, 'Empire Of The Sun' Author, Dies At 78. ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Huffington Post, May 20, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
- ^ Toby Litt: The best of JG Ballard. In: The Guardian of January 22, 2009. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
