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J. G. Ballard was born to Edna Johnstone (1905–1998) [6] and James Graham Ballard (1901–1966), who was a chemist at the Calico Printers' Association, a textile company in the city of Manchester, and later became the chairman and managing director of the China Printing and Finishing Company, the Association's subsidiary company in Shanghai. [6]
Pages in category "Novels by J. G. Ballard" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
High-Rise was known to be among Joy Division singer Ian Curtis's favourite books. [2] The book has been cited as an influence upon the 1987 Doctor Who serial Paradise Towers. [3] Hawkwind used the book as the basis for a song of the same name on their 1979 album PXR5. [4] [5]
In 1962, upon publication of The Drowned World, the novelist Kingsley Amis said that J.G. Ballard is "one of the brightest new stars in post-war fiction", and said that the story contains "an oppressive power, reminiscent of Conrad." In 1966, the science fiction writer Algis Budrys mocked The Drowned World as "a run, hide, slither, grope and ...
The 4-Dimensional Nightmare was reviewed by Leslie Flood in New Worlds Science Fiction. [7] Locus also reviewed the work, noting that "Although their formal experimentation seems mild in comparison to much later Ballard, these stories seem utterly distinct from any other SF that was being written around this time, at least within the walls of genre publishing."
The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 is a short story collection by J. G. Ballard, published in 2006. The collection is the first installment of the J. G. Ballard's complete collection, followed by The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2.
The Overloaded Man is a collection of science fiction stories by British writer J. G. Ballard, first published in 1967 as a paperback by Panther Books. Contents
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard is a collection of short stories by J. G. Ballard, published in 2009 by W. W. Norton & Company. [1]It contains all short stories appeared in the anthology The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 & Volume 2 (2006), adding 3 stories: The Ultimate City, The Secret Autobiography of J.G.B. and The Dying Fall.