The Drowned World is a 1962
science fiction novel by
J. G. Ballard. In contrast to much
post-apocalyptic fiction, the novel features a central character who, rather than being disturbed by the end of the old world, is enraptured by the chaotic reality that has come to replace it. The novel is an expansion of an out of print novella of the same title published in
Science Fiction Adventures magazine in January 1962, Vol 4 No. 24.