Comments on: High-Rise (1975)

By: Mark Burgess

Mark Burgess — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:36:52 +0000

I like the change of pace here with the multiple viewpoint narrative, although it would have been more interesting from a first person multiple. This is one where a film would improve the reading, although it is still a strong novel.

By: An interview with Nic Clear from the Ballardian « Void Manufacturing

An interview with Nic Clear from the Ballardian « Void Manufacturing — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:18:35 +0000

[...] the ‘psycho spatial’ nature of ‘Ballardian space’ is best articulated by Concrete Island, High-Rise and Super-Cannes, which he has utilised to varying degrees as the cornerstones of several BDLGBLOG [...]

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Design with Intent | frog design on Design with Intent — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:05:13 +0000

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By: Sloganeering.Org » Blog Archive » RIP: J.G. Ballard

Sloganeering.Org » Blog Archive » RIP: J.G. Ballard — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:59:22 +0000

[...] about, oddly enough, through a Doctor Who story which was based heavily on a the Ballard novel, High-Rise. (I recommend it, if you haven’t read it already.) From there I was guided to one of his short [...]

By: You and me and the Continuum-- Shouting to hear the echoes

You and me and the Continuum-- Shouting to hear the echoes — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:43:32 +0000

[...] island (a businessman is stranded on an abandoned section of land beneath a motorway overpass), High-rise (the micro-society within a penthouse apartment rapidly degenerates into chaos and warfare), The [...]

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Immeuble de Grande Hauteur à Dubaï | Schizodoxe — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:29:54 +0000

[...] qu’il n’arrive pas la même mésaventure que les personnages de I.G.H. de J.G. [...]