
High-Rise
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Narrated by:
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Eric Yves Garcia
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By:
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J. G. Ballard
When a class war erupts inside a luxurious apartment block, modern elevators become violent battlegrounds and cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on “enemy” floors. In this visionary tale, human society slips into violent reverse as once-peaceful residents, driven by primal urges, re-create a world ruled by the laws of the jungle.
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Critic reviews
"Harsh and ingenious! High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind." (Martin Amis, New Statesman)
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The first line from J.G. Ballard’s novel, High-Rise. The film adaptation, which is set to begin production this summer (for an anticipated release in 2015), stars Tom Hiddleston as the anti-hero, Dr. Robert Laing. (via hiddleston-daily)
Thrilling and Disturbing
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My Favorite Novel. Stunning
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I was so excited to see this come out as audio. I just put this on my list a few months ago and it sounded really exciting. That being said, it was good, but fell a little short of my expectations.
I was expecting chaos and EPIC life and death struggle within this high rise building. I'm a student of psychology and sociology. We all know what can happen when individuals meld into a group, when it gets violent, when we revert back to our base animal instincts.
All of that DID happen, but this story reads more like a documentary. As in here's what happened... and that took some of the umph away. It's extremely well written and well done. I read/listen to lots of crazy stuff so...
High Rise: 1000 apts, over 2000 souls, grocery stores, pools, restaurants, fitness centers, banks. You never have to leave. 40 floors. The richest live on the top 5 floors. The middle class floors 20ish-35. The lower classes 1-18ish. However, it's not class that starts the conflict (not entirely), It's just petty pet peeves that happen when you have that many people crammed together.
The main characters: In the 1st sentence, we meet Langley the doctor (Floor 35) roasting a dog to eat over a fire of burning phone books and are plunged into the chaos before the author takes us back to Langley 3 months before when all was well.
We meet Wilder of Floor 2, a film maker type.
And finally we meet R (forgot his name) of floor 40. The architect of the high rise.
Do I recommend this. Yes!
One last thing. There is no fancy wrap up to the situation. So if you like finished packages.....
Narration is acceptable, unremarkable.
Good, but I was expecting more.
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Ballard deserves a more competent narrator
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