By 1975 the world described in this book had ceased to exist.

But now I feel the world has ceased to exist.

The world had ceased to make any kind of sense.

The world outside the walls might as well have ceased to exist.

The world around him ceased to exist, at least for the moment.

On one particular night, the wind was still, as if the world had ceased to breathe.

But it was as if that other world had ceased to exist.

For him the world had ceased to spin on its axis.

Neither knew the moment when the world ceased to exist.

There was not a sound to be heard in the hall, and the world on the other side of the windows had ceased to exist.