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The Crystal World

J.G. Ballard · 1966 · Novel

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Premise ⓘ
Environmental Collapse
Genre & subgenre ⓘ
Post-Apocalyptic Worlds

It evolved the 'catastrophe' subgenre by depicting a surreal, aestheticized environmental transformation (crystallization) and its psychological impact on humanity.

What it is

A mysterious phenomenon causes all living things to crystallize, slowly transforming the world into a crystalline landscape. It delves into themes of environmental transformation, psychological disintegration, and the allure of entropy.

↑Inherited from(1)

The Drowned World· 1962↑ open

As a work by J.G. Ballard, 'The Crystal World' directly continues and evolves the 'catastrophe' subgenre and the psychological exploration of radical environmental transformation established in his earlier novel, 'The Drowned World'.

As Ballard's subsequent 'catastrophe' novel, 'The Crystal World' directly continues and evolves the themes of environmental transformation and psychological regression established in 'The Drowned World'.

↓Passed on to(1)

Annihilation· 2018↓ open

The film's depiction of a mysterious environmental 'refraction' and transformation of nature into a surreal landscape shares a strong thematic and aesthetic lineage with the radical, aestheticized environmental change portrayed in Ballard's 'The Crystal World'.

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