1970's climate fiction book with a solidified sea on the cover

August 9, 2022 11:51 PM

I saw a book cover in a southern UK bookshop in 1979 that had what looked like a very polluted sea that had set or solidified - the surface was rolling or undulating and there was possibly debris scattered around. At least one person was walking toward the viewer. The cover may have been in the style of Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weatherr [cover image on my ingur]. I've looked on here, and widely on the web, found nothing, does anyone here recall such a book?
posted by unearthed to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Best answer: Ballard? You can find images of the covers of his books here and here
posted by TheRaven at 1:36 AM on August 10, 2022 [1 favorite]

Kurt Vonnegut's book Ice-nine has all water changed to a solid so maybe a cover for that?
posted by Awfki at 5:35 AM on August 10, 2022 [2 favorites]

The Vonnegut book that deals with ice-9 is "Cat's Cradle". It's the first thing I thought of too. (and a great read!)
posted by chrisamiller at 6:46 AM on August 10, 2022 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: TheRaven, thanks, certainly the cover art is the same style, but some of Vonnegut's are similar. Not quite there , I'll keep looking and thanks everyone for some interesting directions.
posted by unearthed at 1:09 PM on September 9, 2022