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J. G. Ballard
The definitive cult, post-modern novel - a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism - reissued with a new introduction from Zadie Smith.
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Prophetic short stories and apocalyptic novels like The Crystal World made J. G. Ballard a foundational figure in the British New Wave. Rejecting the science fiction of rockets and aliens…
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Yet again J. G. Ballard’s inimitable clairvoyance is on display in this timely, powerful story of a community shattered by a massive act of violence.
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure…
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Providing an extensive reassessment of dominant and recurring themes in Ballard’s writing, including historical violence, pornography, post 9/11 politics, and urban space, this book also engages with Ballard’s ‘late’ modernism…
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A collection of 98 enthralling and pulse-quickening stories, spanning five decades, venerates the remarkable imagination of J. G. Ballard.
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J G Ballard is one of the most significant British writers of the contemporary period. This guide includes critical perspectives on Ballard’s major novels as well as his short stories…
JG Ballard is one of the most significant British writers of the contemporary period. This guide includes critical perspectives on Ballard’s major novels as well as his short stories and…
J G Ballard
First published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard’s best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to…
The classic, heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War. Newly reissued with an introduction by John Lanchester.
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When London is lost beneath the rising tides, unconscious desires rush to the surface in this apocalyptic tale from the author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Empire of the Sun’, reissued here…
A chilling novel that pays twisted homage to Defoe’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’. Newly reissued with an introduction from Neil Gaiman.
Aldous Huxley
In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his…
The unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.
An engrossing mystery and an unnerving vision of a society coming to terms with a life of unlimited leisure.
A FUTURISTIC COVER - COMES WITH 3D GLASSES! Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims. Home to the idle rich it now…
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year (Fiction) J.G. Ballard is the undisputed laureate of suburban psychosis…. A brilliant novel…
Originally published: Great Britain: Flamingo, 2000.
Including full-colour reproductions on hand-tipped in plates, a short story and quotes to accompany each painting, this large-format catalogue illustrates the paintings featured in New York exhibition.
A must-read for any J. G. Ballard fan, this capstone to a magnificent career is the essential sequel to Empire of the Sun (San Francisco Chronicle).
From one of the most powerful and original talents in science fiction comes the story of a new world–a strange world where solar radiation fluctuations have melted the polar ice…
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALI SMITH
Long-regarded as one of the true visionary writers of the twentieth century, J.G. Ballard was one of the first British writers of the post-war…
Compulsively absorbing: the white heat of its images seems to burn off the page, and the surreal landscapes linger on in the mind. –Independent
The Atrocity Exhibition is J.G. Ballard’s most complex, disturbing work, with fabulous photos by Ana Barrado and artwork by Phoebe Gloeckner.
J.G.Ballard is the author of the novels Crash , Empire of the Sun and Rushing to Paradise . Throughout his career he has also been a regular contributor to magazines…
J. G. Ballard’s fourth novel, which established his reputation as a writer of extraordinary talent and imaginative powers, tells the story of a physician specializing in the treatment of leprosy…
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg’s film, tells of a young boy’s struggle to survive World War II in China.Jim is separated from his parents in a…
An apocalyptic dystopia like no other, one whose originality and power [of] vision can be felt ( Times Literary Supplement ).
Harsh and ingenious! High Rise is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers unsettlingly in the mind. –Martin Amis, New Statesman.
A remarkable piece of invention, a flight from the world of the familiar and the real into the exotic universe of dream and desire. –New York Times Book Review
Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury…
First published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux –Title page verso.
Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape.
With characteristic precision, Ballard movingly recalls his first attempts at science fiction which sprang from his fascination with JFK conspiracy theories, and his life as a single father after the…
A collection of interviews, by the author of Cocaine Nights (Flamingo), Crash (Vintage), and Millennium People (Flamingo). It presents thoughts on the Internet and virtual reality, the impact of 9-11…
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A compendium of quotations from impossible-to-find articles, interviews and fiction commentary on contemporary issues. Grouped by topic for easy and enjoyable navigation, it includes writings on the future, the past…
Featuring an introduction by Zadie Smith; Jim’s Desk and introductory notes by Chris Beckett The short stories Crash, Tolerances of the Human Face, and Mae West’s Reduction Mammoplasty by J…
First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of ‘Empire of the Sun’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell.
Violent rebellion comes to London’s middle classes.
‘This is autobiography taken to the highest reaches of fiction, another wonderful novel of scorching power, shot through with honesty and lyricism’ Observer
With a new introduction by Deborah Levy and a striking new cover design by the artist Stanley Donwood, Ballard’s final novel sees consumerism evolve into something even more sinister.
The second in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of ‘Empire of the Sun’, ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell.
