Hello America

J. G. Ballard

first published 1981 Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1988 224 pages

Following the energy crisis of the late twentieth century, America has been abandoned. Now, a century later, a small group of European explorers returns to the now climatically mutated continent. But America is unrecognizable—the Bering Strait has been dammed and much of the country has become a desert, populated by isolated natives and the bizarre remnants of a disintegrated culture. The expedition sets off from Man...

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Hello America edition · 1994 · Vintage · 224 pages
Hello America. edition · 1990 · Paladin · 240 pages
Hello America edition · 1988 · Carroll & Graf Publishers · 224 pages
Hello America paperback · 1983 · Triad · 236 pages
Hello America edition · 1981 · Cape · 224 pages

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