The Wind from Nowhere (1961, ISBN 014002591X) is the debut novel by J.G. Ballard, although he has since tended to disown the book. Prior to this, his published work had consisted solely of short stories. Image File history File links Bookcover scan from the 1974 Penguin reissue of the J. G. Ballard book, The Wind from Nowhere, personal scan, claiming fair use (does not detract from original work, scanned from legal copy, image is of sufficiently low resolution). ... James Graham Ballard (born November 18, 1930 in Shanghai) is a British novelist. ...
The novel was the first of a series of Ballard novels dealing with scenarios of 'natural disaster', in this case seeing civilization reduced to ruins by prolonged worldwide hurricane force winds.
As an added, and interesting, dimension Ballard explores the ways in which disaster and tragedy can bond people together in ways that no normal experiences ever could. This, too, is a recurring theme in his works, making one of its first, rather understated yet unexpectedly charming, appearances here.
Savour it as a relic from the time when Ballard was new and fresh, and when it wasn't apparently in the contract that no copy editor should come within a mile of a Ballard manuscript.
This guy is seriously screwed — his idea of fun is to play the sound of the wind, transmitted live from outside the pyramid, into his office so that he can face the elements in the comfort and safety of his own home, as it were.
Then when the wind has done its cleansing work, it dies down and you can believe that things can start over in a better way.
The complete wind tunnel with its test chamber and attached shop area was housed within a small laboratory building that also served as the return passage for the air.
Nowhere is this transition more evident than in the NACA wind tunnels of the Unitary Plan.
Nowhere in wind tunnel design has change been more rapid than in the area of data acquisition systems.
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