Movie Tie-In Editions: High-Rise (Paperback)

from Sean191

Second book from Ballard and it was just too out there. Especially after reading Concrete island. The opinion I've formed of Ballard: He creates a situation to explore human nature, but I don't think he puts enough thought into how plausible the situation is or he doesn't care since it's secondar...

from roblong

I'm coming to the conclusion that I like the idea of Ballard's books rather than the books themselves. Was looking forward to this one but never quite got into it, and even though it's a short novel it felt a bit of a slog. The ideas are interesting, and the situation well handled in some respect...

from clfisha

The 1st line pretty much sums this up: "Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months" Written in 70s, set in the (then) futuristic vision of huge luxury hig...

from michaelmacfarlane

This book centres around a typical Ballardian theme which is the idea of the upper middle classes going slightly beserk. Whilst I did enjoy the idea of the residents of a fancy modern high rise apartment block shutting out the outside world and degenerating into tribal warfare, it seemed like tha...

from jovemako

I read the paperback version a few months before this came out which worked out for me because I tend to get distracted at times listening to audio books (I'm a visual reader). Story wise, this makes me think of Lord of the Flies. Swap out the clan of boys and the island for partying adults and t...