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Crash

by J. G. Ballard

In this hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a "TV scientist" turned "nightmare angel of the highways," experiments with erotic atrocities among auto crash victims, each more sinister than the last. James Ballard, his friend and fellow obsessive, tells the story of this twisted visionary as he careens rapidly toward his own demise in an intentionally... (more)

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Kurt B
  • Rated 5 stars

I find it fascinating...by my favorite adult fiction writer who sadly passed away this 2009 : (

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jossish
  • Rated 1 stars

Misogynistic, pornographic pap. The thing is, I think, Ballard really wants us all to go, "Gosh look how clever you are, breaking down boundaries and shocking us with the links between sex and technology! What a genius!" but actually, he comes across as a bit of a sad sex-obsessed perv.

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