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An Author I Wish Everyone Knew About – J.G. Ballard

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The Complete Stories of JG Ballard I first heard J.G. Ballard’s name in connection with the film Crash and its NC-17 rating . Not the super-shrill-racism-is-bad (which of course it is) film Crash. I’m talking about the David Cronenberg film from 1996 which features a peculiar group of people who get turned on by automobile collisions. (Honk honk!) The movie sounded bizarre. It was. As I read about it and saw that it was based on a book, I suspected that I wanted nothing to do with that...Read Full Story

Browsing the J. G. Ballard Archives

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A glimpse inside the recently acquired J. G. Ballard archive at the British Library Tim Martin of the Telegraph is given an exclusive tour of the late author's letters and manuscripts, now being catalogued for posterity by the British Library. Among the highlights, manuscripts for Crash and Empire of the Sun , and correspondence between novelist and critic Will Self and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock: [...] One of the jewels of the archive is Ballard’s annotated typescript for Crash...Read Full Story

J. G. Ballard's Final Words

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A retrospective of Ballard's life and work Photograph: Mark Tucker Rob Latham reflects on the life and career of British novelist J. G. Ballard. His article reviews Ballard's final novel, Kingdom Come (2007) alongside his memoir Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton and Norton's recent edition of The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard (link via Susan Tomaselli ): British author J.G. Ballard died on April 19, 2009 of an inoperable cancer that had spread from his prostate to his ribs and spine...Read Full Story

J.G. Ballard Manuscripts at British Library

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Original manuscripts by late British writer J. G. Ballard have been acquired for the British Library. Works include a hand-edited typewritten manuscript of Crash , Super Cannes and Empire of the Sun : Manuscripts, letters, notebooks and even the school reports of one of the most spectacularly imaginative literary minds of the 20th century, JG Ballard, have been saved for the British public. Ballard's literary archive has been acquired for the nation through the acceptance in lieu (AIL) scheme...Read Full Story

“My work is not a reflection on J G Ballard’s...

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The Tao of Dana have feng shui questions? want a feng shui consultation, in person or online? have comments? want to show me something cool in art & design? Please email me- danaclaudat@yahoo.com--- I love to hear from you!!!!!! xx Dana *on twitter @thetaoofdana Mobile Archive RSS Random “My work is not a reflection on J G Ballard’s writing; it’s more that these mushrooms literally crash and form a new body. It’s not a sexual thing like in Crash...Read Full Story

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Millennium People by J.G. Ballard

Less than a decade after the book's first appearance, it seems, if anything, even more science fictional, because a story about middle class revolt appears not just prescient, it is eerily predictive. Everywhere we look around us, from the Tea Party to the Occupy movement, from clashes over tuition fees to the sight of doctors and teachers and top civil servants on strike, we see the middle classes in revolt. Surely that is exactly what...

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SCI-FI fans know J.G. Ballard as an English writer of prophetic novels that expanded the genre’s ... In the early 1950s he attended university in London, pursuing first medicine and then English literature as fields of study. He eventually abandoned ...

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J.G. Ballard (November 15 – April 19, 2009) was an author best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "Empire of the Sun." He was born in Shanghai but later moved to London and became a professional writer known for his controversial stories.

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