A review by deborahwithanoh
The Wind from Nowhere by J.G. Ballard

Short, sweet, and simple. Reminded me of Die Hard, Deathworld, Machine Gun McCain with its resourceful leading man, women who serve primarily as love interests, illustrative action sequences. The enemy (at least, the main enemy) is simple and clear. Really does make you think about how quickly life as we know it would crumble with a few weeks of high winds. My lingering question is, where did the wind come from and where did it go? Amazing to me that a book which starts with a wind of uncertain origin randomly appearing and ends with

it starting to abate

fails to answer either of these questions. But then again, how much can we really presume to know about the mysterious workings of Nature?