Title: The Drought

Title: The Drought Title Record # 186731
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1964-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Language: English

Note: "The Burning World" is a significantly abridged version of "The Drought".

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Year	Title
1964^ⓘ "The Burning World" is an abridged version of "The Drought".	The Burning World

Year	Language	Title
1967^ⓘTranslated by Mieke Meuldrager-Ezelin	Dutch	De brandende aarde
1968^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner	German	Welt in Flammen
1968^ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner (1968)	German	Welt in Flammen [as by James Graham Ballard]
1970^ⓘTranslated by Laís Mourão	Portuguese	Mundo em chamas
1975^ⓘTranslated by Claude Darner	French	Sécheresse^?Secheresse
1984^ⓘTranslated by Maria Gridling	German	Die Dürre^?Die Duerre
1984^ⓘTranslated by Maria Gridling	German	Wasser oder Die Dürre
1989	Italian	Terra bruciata [as by James G. Ballard]
2023^ⓘTranslated by Helma Schleif	German	Die Dürre^?Die Duerre

Year	Language	Title
1966	Italian	Terra bruciata (Complete Novel)

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Drought	1965-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Jonathan Cape		21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	252	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	David Fawcett
The Drought	1968-05-00	J. G. Ballard	Penguin Books	2753	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	176	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Hollis
The Drought	1974-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Penguin Books	0-14-002753-X	£0.30^?£: UK pound	175+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Pelham
The Drought	1977-03-00	J. G. Ballard	Penguin Books (US)	0-14-002753-X	$1.95^?$: US dollar	176	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	David Pelham
The Drought	1978-06-00	J. G. Ballard	Triad / Panther	0-586-04504-X	£0.80^?£: UK pound	188	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Chris Foss
The Drought	1984-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Jonathan Cape	0-224-60952-1	£8.95^?£: UK pound	252	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Drought	1985-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Triad Granada	0-586-04504-X	£3.50^?£: UK pound		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	James Marsh
The Drought	1990-03-00	J. G. Ballard	Paladin	0-586-08996-9	£3.99^?£: UK pound	188	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	James Marsh
The Drought	1993-10-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo / HarperCollins	0-586-08996-9	£5.99^?£: UK pound	188	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Larry Rostant
The Drought	2001-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo (Flamingo Sixties Classic)	0-00-711518-0	£4.99^?£: UK pound	vi+ 232	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Drought	2002-04-00	J. G. Ballard	Flamingo	0-586-08996-9	£6.99^?£: UK pound	232	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Drought	2008-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Harper Perennial (UK)	978-0-586-08996-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	vi+ 233+ 12	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	designedbydavid.co.uk
The Drought	2009-10-29	J. G. Ballard	Fourth Estate	978-0-00-732183-4	£6.05^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Drought	2012-03-05	J. G. Ballard	W. W. Norton & Company	978-0-393-34045-7	$14.95^?$: US dollar	192	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
The Drought	2012-03-05	J. G. Ballard	Liveright	978-0-87140-472-5	$14.95^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
The Drought	2012-04-16	J. G. Ballard	Liveright	978-0-87140-401-5	$14.95^?$: US dollar	237	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Matthew Brandt

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Reviews

Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1965) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, February 1965
Review by Michael Moorcock [as by James Colvin] (1965) in New Worlds SF, September 1965
Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1966
Review by Judith Merril (1966) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1966
Review by John Foyster (1967) in Australian Science Fiction Review, #9, April 1967
Review [French] by George W. Barlow (1976) in Fiction, #266
Review [French] by Denis Guiot (1976) in Fiction, #270
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1978) in Paperback Parlour, August 1978
Review [German] by uncredited (1982) in Reclams Science Fiction Führer
Review by Norman Beswick (1990) in Paperback Inferno, #85
Review [German] by Jasper Nicolaisen (2023) in konkret, #10/2023

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