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The Wind from Nowhere is a science fiction novel by English author J. G. Ballard. Published in 1962, it was his debut novel. He had previously published only short stories. The novel was the first of a series of Ballard novels dealing with scenarios of natural disaster.
- J. G. Ballard
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"The Wind From Nowhere" is a classic, early 60s apocalyptic science fiction novel about a mysterious cyclonic wind that devastates the surface of the earth with an incrementally increasing speed of 5 MPH per day until it peaks out at 550 mph.
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Dec 9, 1976 · "The Wind from Nowhere" is prototypical Ballard, in that regards. A massive, worldwide windstorm, seemingly originating from nowhere, springs up and increases steadily in strength. Within days, buildings are collapsing and roads are impassable.
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- J. G. Ballard
Dec 14, 2023 · “The Wind from Nowhere” takes readers on a journey through a world in the throes of environmental catastrophe. Ballard paints a bleak picture of a future where humanity is forced to confront the relentless and escalating force of nature itself: the wind. The novel begins with a breeze so gentle that it’s hardly noticeable.
Oct 17, 2020 · October 17, 2020 / Joachim Boaz. Richard Powers’ cover for the 1st edition. 3/5 (Average) In J. G. Ballard’s The Wind From Nowhere (1962), cosmic radiation creates an immense natural disaster. Ever-increasing winds threaten to tear buildings out by their foundations and force the survivors into subterranean caverns.
Dec 31, 2014 · The Wind from Nowhere by J. G. Ballard. Publication date December 9, 1976 Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics) Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
The wind came from nowhere...a super hurricane that blasted round the globe at hundreds of miles per hour burying whole communities beneath piles of rubble, destroying all organized life and driving those it did not kill to seek safety in tunnels and sewers-where they turned against each other in their desperate struggle to survive.
