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| Born | James Graham Ballard 15 November 1930 Shanghai, China |
| Occupation | novelist, short story writer |
| Genres | science fiction, dystopia |
| Literary movement | New Wave |
| Notable work(s) | Crash Empire of the Sun The Atrocity Exhibition |
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James Graham Ballard (born 15 November 1930 in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British novelist and short story writer. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society This is a list of modern literary movements: that is movements after the Renaissance. New Wave is a term applied to Science fiction writing characterized by a high degree of experimentation both in form and in content and a Highbrow and self-consciously Crash is a novel by English author J G Ballard, first published in 1973. Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by J G Ballard which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The Atrocity Exhibition is an Experimental novel by British writer J William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Karen Lee Killough (1942&mdash is a writer of Science fiction mystery Novels under the name Lee Killough. Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades William Self (born 26 September, 1961) is an English Novelist, Reviewer and Columnist. Alex Garland (born 1970 is a British Novelist and screenwriter Ken MacLeod (born 2 August 1954 an award-winning Scottish Science fiction writer lives in South Queensferry near Edinburgh. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Shanghai Municipal Council (工部局 literally "Works Department" from the standard English local government title of 'Board of works' was the governing body which administered Shanghai ( 上[[wikt 海|海]] is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest urban areas in the world with over 20 million China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms He was a prominent member of the New Wave in science fiction. New Wave is a term applied to Science fiction writing characterized by a high degree of experimentation both in form and in content and a Highbrow and self-consciously His best known books are the controversial Crash, and the autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, both of which have been adapted to film. Crash is a novel by English author J G Ballard, first published in 1973. An autobiographical novel is a Novel based on the life of the author Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by J G Ballard which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
The adjective "Ballardian", defined as "resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard's novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments", has been included in the Collins English Dictionary. A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society [1]
A January 2008 interview in The Sunday Times, promoting Ballard's autobiography Miracles of Life (2008), revealed that Ballard was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in June 2006. Miracles of Life is an autobiography written by British writer J 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [2]
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Biography
Shanghai
Ballard's father was a chemist at a Manchester-headquartered textile firm, the Calico Printers Association, and became chairman and managing director of its subsidiary in Shanghai, the China Printing and Finishing Company. A chemist is a Scientist trained in the Science of Chemistry. A textile is a flexible material comprised of a network of natural or artificial Fibres often referred to as thread or Yarn. A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity Ballard was born and raised in the Shanghai International Settlement, an area under foreign control and dominated by American cultural influences. The Shanghai Municipal Council (工部局 literally "Works Department" from the standard English local government title of 'Board of works' was the governing body which administered The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was sent to the Cathedral School in Shanghai. After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ballard's family were forced to temporarily evacuate their suburban home and rent a house in downtown Shanghai to avoid the shells fired by Chinese and Japanese forces. The Second Sino-Japanese War ( July 7, 1937 to September 9, 1945) was a major war fought between the Republic of China and the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese occupied the International Settlement. The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by In early spring 1943 they began interning Allied civilians, and Ballard was sent to the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center with his parents and younger sister. Lunghua Civil Assembly Centre was one of the Internment camps established by the Empire of Japan in Shanghai for European and American He spent over two years, the remainder of World War II, in the internment camp. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including His family lived in a small area in G block, a two-story residence for 40 families. He attended school in the camp, the teachers being inmates from a number of professions. These experiences formed the basis of Empire of the Sun, although Ballard exercised considerable artistic licence in writing the book (notably removing his parents from the bulk of the story). [3][4]
It is often supposed that Ballard's exposure to the atrocities of war at an impressionable age explains the apocalyptic and violent nature of much of his fiction. [5][6][7] Martin Amis wrote that Empire of the Sun "gives shape to what shaped him. Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949 is an English Novelist, Essayist and Short story Writer, the son of writer Kingsley "[6] However, Ballard's own account of the experience is more nuanced: "I don't think you can go through the experience of war without one's perceptions of the world being forever changed. The reassuring stage set that everyday reality in the suburban west presents to us is torn down; you see the ragged scaffolding, and then you see the truth beyond that, and it can be a frightening experience. " (Livingstone 1996) But also: "I have—I won't say happy—not unpleasant memories of the camp. [. . . ] I remember a lot of the casual brutality and beatings-up that went on—but at the same we children were playing a hundred and one games all the time!" (Pringle 1982)
England and Canada
In 1946, after the end of the war, Ballard went to England with his mother and sister on the SS Arrawa. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland They lived in the West Country outside Plymouth, and he attended The Leys School in Cambridge. The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region Plymouth ( is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England about south west of London. The Leys School is a co-educational British public school (privately funded and independent)—it is a boarding and day school for over 520 pupils The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England After a couple of years his mother and sister returned to China, rejoining Ballard's father, and leaving Ballard to live with his grandparents when not boarding at school. In 1949 he went on to study medicine at King's College, Cambridge, with the intention of becoming a psychiatrist. In the United Kingdom, medical school generally refers to a department within a University which is involved in the education of future medical practitioners King's College Cambridge is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric
At university, Ballard was writing avant-garde fiction heavily influenced by psychoanalysis and surrealist painters. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members At this time, he wanted to become a writer as well as pursue a medical career. In May 1951, when Ballard was in his second year at King's, his short story "The Violent Noon" (a Hemingwayesque pastiche written to please the jury) won a crime story competition and was published in the student newspaper Varsity. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre. Varsity is the older of Cambridge University 's main student Newspapers ( The Cambridge Student being the other
Encouraged by the publication of his story and realising that clinical medicine would not leave him time to write, Ballard abandoned his medical studies in 1952 and went to the University of London to read English Literature. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. The term English literature refers to Literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by Writers not necessarily from However, he was asked to leave at the end of the year. Ballard then worked as a copywriter for an advertising agency and as an encyclopaedia salesman. Copywriting is the use of words to promote a Person, Business, Opinion, or Idea. An advertising agency or ad agency is a service Business dedicated to creating planning and handling Advertising (and sometimes other forms of promotion He kept writing short fiction but found it impossible to get published.
In 1953 Ballard joined the RAF and was sent to the RCAF flight-training base in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River 71 km (45 miles west of Regina Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page There he discovered science fiction in American magazines. A science fiction magazine is a Magazine that publishes primarily Science fiction, in print or on the internet or both While in the RAF, he also wrote his first science fiction story, "Passport to Eternity", as a pastiche and summary of the American science fiction he had read.
Ballard left the RAF in 1954 after two years and returned to England. In 1955 he married Helen Mary Matthews and settled in Chiswick. Chiswick ( IPA /ˈtʃɪzɪk/ is an area of West London, located west of Charing Cross, which covers the eastern part of the London Borough of Hounslow Their first child (of three) was born in 1956, and his first published science fiction story, "Prima Belladonna", was printed in the December issue of New Worlds that year. New Worlds was a British Science fiction magazine which was first published professionally in 1946 The editor of New Worlds, Edward J. Carnell, would remain an important supporter of Ballard's writing and would publish nearly all of his early stories. Edward John Carnell ( April 8, 1912 - March 23, 1972) known to his friends as either Ted or John was a British science fiction editor known for
From 1957, Ballard worked as assistant editor on the scientific journal Chemistry and Industry. His interest in art led to his involvement in the emerging Pop Art movement, and in the late fifties he exhibited a number of collages that represented his ideas for a new kind of novel. Pop Art is a visual Art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in parallel in the late 1950s in the United States. A collage (From the coller to glue is a work of formal art primarily in the Visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms thus creating a new whole Ballard's avant-garde inclinations did not sit comfortably in the science fiction mainstream of that time, which held attitudes he considered philistine. Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values Briefly attending the 1957 Science Fiction Convention in London, Ballard left disillusioned and demoralised and did not write another story for a year. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Science fiction conventions are gatherings of the community of fans (called Science fiction fandom) of various forms of Speculative fiction including Science London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. By the late 60s, however, he had become an editor of the avant-garde Ambit Magazine, which was more in keeping with his aesthetic ideals.
Full-time writing career
In 1960 Ballard moved with his family to Shepperton, outside London. Shepperton is a Town in Surrey in the borough of Spelthorne, in England. Finding that commuting to work did not leave him time to write, Ballard decided he had to make a break and become a full-time writer. He wrote his first novel, The Wind from Nowhere, over a two-week holiday simply to gain a foothold as a professional writer, not intending it as a "serious novel" (in books published later, it is omitted from the list of his works). The Wind from Nowhere, first published in 1961 is the debut novel by J When it was successfully published in January of 1962, he quit his job at Chemistry and Industry, and from then on supported himself and his family as a writer.
Later that year his second—breakthrough—novel, The Drowned World, was published. The Drowned World is a 1962 Science fiction Novel by J G Ballard. It established his stature as an exciting science fiction writer in the fledgling New Wave movement. New Wave is a term applied to Science fiction writing characterized by a high degree of experimentation both in form and in content and a Highbrow and self-consciously Collections of his stories started getting published, and Ballard delivered more, with frantic productivity, while pushing to expand the scope of acceptable material for science fiction with such stories as "The Terminal Beach".
In 1964 Ballard's wife Mary died of pneumonia, leaving him to raise their three children by himself. Pneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the Lung. Frequently it is described as lung Parenchyma / alveolar inflammation and abnormal (The autobiographical novel The Kindness of Women gives a different, apparently fictional account of her death. The Kindness of Women is a 1991 novel by British author JG Ballard. ) After this profound shock, Ballard began in 1965 to write the stories that would become The Atrocity Exhibition, while continuing to produce stories within the science fiction genre. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Atrocity Exhibition is an Experimental novel by British writer J
The Atrocity Exhibition proved controversial (it was the subject of an obscenity trial, and in the United States, publisher Doubleday destroyed almost the entire print run before it was distributed), but it also marked Ballard's breakthrough as a literary writer. The Doubleday Publishing Group is the fifth largest Book Publishing company in the world Literary fiction is a term that has come into common usage since around 1970 principally to distinguish serious fiction (that is work with claims to Literary merit It remains one of his seminal works, and was filmed in 2001.
One chapter of The Atrocity Exhibition is titled "Crash!", and in 1970 Ballard organised an exhibition of crashed cars at the New Arts Laboratory, appropriately called "Crashed Cars". The crashed vehicles were displayed without commentary, inspiring vitriolic responses and vandalism. (Ballard 1993) In both the story and the art exhibition, Ballard explored the sexual potential of car crashes, a preoccupation which culminated in the novel Crash in 1973. Crash is a novel by English author J G Ballard, first published in 1973.
The main character of Crash is called James Ballard and lives in Shepperton (though other biographical details do not match the writer), and curiosity about the relationship between the character and his author gained fuel when Ballard suffered a serious automobile accident shortly after completing the novel. (Ballard 1993) Regardless of real-life basis, Crash proved just as controversial as The Atrocity Exhibition, especially when it was later filmed by David Cronenberg. David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor.
Although Ballard continued to write interesting stories through the seventies and eighties, his breakthrough into the mainstream came only with Empire of the Sun, based on his years in Shanghai and the Lunghua internment camp. Empire of the Sun is a 1984 novel by J G Ballard which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Lunghua Civil Assembly Centre was one of the Internment camps established by the Empire of Japan in Shanghai for European and American It established Ballard's name in the literary mainstream and was awarded the 1984 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction, although the books that followed failed to achieve the same degree of success. Founded in 1919 the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes are among the oldest and most prestigious book prizes awarded for literature written in the English Language and are Britain's Empire of the Sun was filmed by Steven Spielberg in 1987, starring a young Christian Bale as Jim (Ballard). See also Empire of the Sun (soundtrack Empire of the Sun is a epic War film based on J Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British Ballard himself appears briefly in the film, and he has described the experience of seeing his childhood memories reenacted and reinterpreted as bizarre. [8][4]
Ballard continues to write (of his recent novels, Cocaine Nights was particularly well received), and also contributes occasional journalism and criticism to the British press. Cocaine Nights is a Novel by J G Ballard, first published in 1996 (ISBN 1-58243-017-9 His latest book as of 2008 is his autobiography Miracles Of Life, written after he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer (which has spread to his spine and ribs) in June 2006.
Dystopian fiction
Those who know Ballard from his autobiographical novels will not be prepared for the subject matter that Ballard most commonly pursues, as his most common genre is dystopia. A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society His most celebrated novel in this regard is Crash, in which cars symbolise the mechanisation of the world and man's capacity to destroy himself with the technology he creates; the characters (the protagonist, called Ballard, included) become increasingly obsessed with the violent psychosexuality of car crashes in general, and celebrity car crashes in particular. Crash is a novel by English author J G Ballard, first published in 1973. Ballard's disturbing novel was turned into a controversial – and likewise disturbing – cerebral film by David Cronenberg. Crash is a 1996 film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor.
Particularly revered among Ballard's admirers is his short story collection Vermilion Sands, set in an eponymous desert resort town inhabited by forgotten starlets, insane heirs, very eccentric artists, and the merchants and bizarre servants who provide for them. Vermilion Sands is a short-story collection by J G Ballard, first published in 1971. Each story features peculiarly exotic technology such as poetry-composing computers, orchids with operatic voices and egos to match, phototropic self-painting canvasses, etc. In keeping with Ballard's central themes, most notably technologically mediated masochism, these tawdry and weird technologies service the dark and hidden desires and schemes of the human castaways who occupy Vermilion Sands, typically with psychologically grotesque and physically fatal results. Sadism refers to Sexual or non-sexual gratification in the infliction of Pain or humiliation upon or by another person Vermilion Sands is a short-story collection by J G Ballard, first published in 1971. In his introduction to Vermilion Sands, Ballard cites this as his favorite collection. Vermilion Sands is a short-story collection by J G Ballard, first published in 1971.
In a similar vein, his collection Memories of the Space Age explores many varieties of individual and collective psychological fallout from –and initial deep archetypal motivations for– the American space exploration boom of the 1960s and 1970s. Memories of the Space Age is a collection of Science fiction stories by author J
In addition to his novels, Ballard has made extensive use of the short story form. The short story is a literary genre of Fictional Prose Narrative that tends to be more concise and to the point than longer works of fiction such Many of his earliest published works in the 1950s and 1960s were short stories.
Television
On December 13, 1965, BBC Two screened an adaptation of the short story "Thirteen to Centaurus" directed by Peter Potter. The one-hour drama formed part of the first season of Out of the Unknown and starred Donald Houston as Dr Francis and James Hunter as Abel Granger. Out of the Unknown was a British Television Science fiction Anthology drama series produced by the BBC and broadcast on Donald Daniel Houston ( November 6, 1923 &mdash October 13, 1991) was an impassive hardworking Welsh actor whose first two films
In 2003, Ballard's short story "The Enormous Space" (first published in the Science fiction magazine Interzone in 1989, subsequently printed in the collection of Ballard's short stories War Fever) was adapted into an hour-long television film for the BBC entitled Home by Richard Curson Smith, who also directed it. See Interzone (book for the story by William S Burroughs Interzone is a British fantasy and War Fever is a collection of short stories by J G Ballard, first published in 1990 by Collins Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Home is a paranoid, comic hour-long Television Film made by the BBC and directed by Richard Curson Smith. The plot follows a middle class man who chooses to abandon the outside world and restrict himself to his house, becoming a hermit. The middle class, in colloquial usage consists of those who have some economic independence but not a great deal of social Influence or power. A hermit (from the Greek ἔρημος erēmos, signifying " Desert " "uninhabited" hence "desert-dweller" adjective "eremitic"
Critique and influence
Ballard's fiction is sophisticated, often bizarre, and a constant challenge to the cognitive and aesthetic preconceptions of his readers. As Martin Amis has written: "Ballard is quite unlike anyone else; indeed, he seems to address a different - a disused - part of the reader's brain. " Because of this tendency to upset readers in order to enlighten them, Ballard does not enjoy a mass-market following, but he is recognised by critics as one of the UK's most prominent writers. He has been influential beyond his mass market success; he is cited as perhaps the most important forebear of the cyberpunk movement by Bruce Sterling in his introduction to the seminal Mirrorshades anthology. Cyberpunk is a Science fiction genre noted for its focus on " High tech and low life. Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American Science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades Mirrorshades The Cyberpunk Anthology (ISBN 0-441-53382-5 1986 is a defining Cyberpunk short story collection edited by Bruce Sterling. Also, his parody (or psychoanalysis) of American politics, the pamphlet "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan" (subsequently included as a chapter in his experimental novel The Atrocity Exhibition), was photocopied and distributed by pranksters at the 1980 Republican National Convention. Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan is a short work by Dystopian English Author J The Atrocity Exhibition is an Experimental novel by British writer J The 1980 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States convened at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit Michigan, from July 14 In the early 1970s, Bill Butler, a bookseller in Brighton, was prosecuted under U. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. K. obscenity laws for selling this pamphlet. Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul repulsive detestable" is a term that is most often used in a legal context to
According to Brian McHale, The Atrocity Exhibition is an essentially post-modern text operating with sci-fi topoi. Brian McHale (born 1952 is an American literary theorist who writes on a range of fiction and poetics mainly those relating to postmodernism The Atrocity Exhibition is an Experimental novel by British writer J Postmodernism literally means 'after the modernist movement' While " Modern " itself refers to something "related to the present" the movement of modernism Topos (literally "a place" pl topoi) referred in the context of classical Greek Rhetoric to a standardised method of constructing [9]
In Simulacra and Simulation, Jean Baudrillard hailed Crash as the first great novel of the universe of simulation. Simulacra and Simulation ( Simulacres et Simulation in French) is a philosophical Treatise by Jean Baudrillard Jean Baudrillard ( July 29, 1929 – March 6, 2007) (ʒɑ̃ bo Crash is a novel by English author J G Ballard, first published in 1973.
Lee Killough directly cites his seminal Vermilion Sands short stories as the inspiration for her collection "Aventine", also a backwater resort for celebrities and eccentrics where bizarre or frivolous novelty technology facilitates the expression of dark intents and drives. Lee Killough may refer to Karen Lee Killough (born 1942 American writer uses "Lee Killough" Lee Killough (programmer Vermilion Sands is a short-story collection by J G Ballard, first published in 1971. The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built
Ballard has also had a noticeable influence on popular music, where his work has been used as a basis for lyrical imagery, particularly amongst British post-punk groups. Examples include albums such as Metamatic by John Foxx, various songs by Joy Division (most famously "The Atrocity Exhibition" from Closer) and "Warm Leatherette" by The Normal. John Foxx is the stage name of English musician Dennis Leigh. Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. The Normal is the Recording artist name used by English music producer Daniel Miller, a film editor at the time who is best known as the founder of the Record Trevor Horn credits Ballard's story, "The Sound-Sweep," with inspiring The Buggles' hit, "Video Killed the Radio Star", and Buggles' second album included a song entitled "Vermillion Sands. Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English Pop music Record producer, songwriter and musician Buggles (the official version of the band name used on their albums singles and publicity material omits the definite article were a New Wave band formed in 1977 consisting " Video Killed the Radio Star " is a song by the British New Wave group Buggles released in 1979 "
Jawbox frontman J. Robbins has cited J. Jawbox was a post hardcore/indie rock band from Washington DC J Robbins is an American Rock music artist He began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led four of his own bands Jawbox G. Ballard as his favorite writer, and used the phrase "concrete island" in the Jawbox song "Grip". The Jawbox song "Motorist" is also heavily influenced by the Ballard novels, Crash and Concrete Island. A "concrete island" is also a term used to describe a Microclimate effect on some large cities such as Tokyo.
On their PXR5 album, the English psychedelic rock band Hawkwind included the song "High Rise", inspired by both the novel of the same name, and by the short story "The Man on the 99th Floor". PXR5 is a 1978 studio and live album by Hawkwind released in 1979 Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Hawkwind are a British rock band, one of the earliest Space rock groups
UK Dubstep pioneer Kode9, founder of the influential Hyperdub label, cites Ballard's fiction as a main musical influence as well. Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene Kode9 (born Steve Goodman in Glasgow, Scotland) is a London -based Dubstep artist DJ, and owner of the Hyperdub Hyperdub is a London based Record label, founded and run by Steve Goodman, which so far has specialised in releasing Dubstep and variants
The 2007 album by the English 'new rave' act the Klaxons takes its name from Ballard's collection of short stories Myths of the Near Future. Klaxons are a English Indie rock / Dance punk band based in London Myths of the Near Future is a short-story collection by J G Ballard, first published in 1982
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke posted extracts from Ballard's anti-consumerist novel Kingdom Come on the band's blog, Dead Air Space, in the months leading up to the release of their 2007 album, In Rainbows. Radiohead Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968 is a Grammy -winning English Musician, best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of the In Rainbows is the seventh album by the English Alternative rock band Radiohead.
Bibliography
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- A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (1996)
- Miracles of Life (Autobiography; 2008)
Adaptations
Films
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) dir. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. James Graham Ballard (born 15 November in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British Novelist and Short Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Miracles of Life is an autobiography written by British writer J 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a 1970 movie starring Victoria Vetri, set in the time of Cavemen. Val Guest
- Empire of the Sun (1987) dir. Val Guest ( December 11 1911 &ndash May 10, 2006) was a British Film director, best known for his science-fiction See also Empire of the Sun (soundtrack Empire of the Sun is a epic War film based on J Steven Spielberg
- Crash (1996) dir. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Crash is a 1996 film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on the J David Cronenberg
- The Atrocity Exhibition (2001) dir. David Paul Cronenberg OC, FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian Film director and occasional Actor. Jonathan Weiss
- Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude (2002), dir. Solveig Nordlund. A Portuguese adaptation of the short story "Low Flying Aircraft".
Television
- Thirteen to Centaurus (1965) dir. Peter Potter (BBC Two)
- Home (2003) dir. Richard Curson Smith (BBC Four)
References
- ^ Ballardian.com
- ^ Wavell, Stuart. BBC Four is a BBC Television channel available to digital television ( Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable) viewers in the "Dissecting bodies from the twilight zone: Stuart Wavell meets JG Ballard", The Sunday Times, Times Newspapers, 2008-01-20. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Retrieved on 2008-01-21. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.
- ^ Guardian article
- ^ a b JGB Portal. Retrieved March 11, 2006.
- ^ Guardian review
- ^ a b Spike Magazine article
- ^ second Spike Magazine article
- ^ Guardian feature
- ^ Brian McHale, Postmodernist Fiction ISBN 978-0415045131
- ^ a b c None of the "complete" collections are in fact fully exhaustive, since they contain only some of the Atrocity Exhibition stories.
- Ballard, J. G. (1984). Empire of the Sun. ISBN 0-00-654700-1.
- Ballard, J. G. (1991). The Kindness of Women. ISBN 0-00-654701-X.
- Ballard, J. G. (1993). The Atrocity Exhibition (expanded and annotated edition). ISBN 0-00-711686-1.
- Ballard, J. G. (2006). "Look back at Empire". The Guardian, March 4, 2006.
- Baxter, J. (2001). "J.G. Ballard". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 11, 2006.
- Collins English Dictionary. ISBN 0-00-719153-7. Quoted in Ballardian: The World of JG Ballard. Retrieved March 11, 2006.
- Cowley, J. (2001). "The Ballard of Shanghai jail". Review of The Complete Stories by J. G. Ballard. The Observer, November 4, 2001. Retrieved March 11, 2006.
- Gasiorek, A. (2005). "J. G. Ballard". Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719070532
- Hall, C. "Extreme Metaphor: A Crash Course in the Fiction of JG Ballard". Retrieved March 11, 2006.
- Livingstone, D. B. (1996?). "Prophet with Honour". Retrieved March 12, 2006.
- Luckhurst, R. (1998). "The Angle Between Two Walls: The Fiction of J. G. Ballard". Liverpool University Press. ISBN 9780853238317
- McGrath, R. JG Ballard Book Collection. Retrieved March 11, 2006.
- Pringle, D. (Ed. ) and Ballard, J. G. (1982). "From Shanghai to Shepperton". Re/Search 8/9: J. G. Ballard: 112-124. ISBN 0-940642-08-5.
- V. Vale (Ed. V Vale is a Writer and Publisher. He is the publisher and primary contributor to books and magazines published by his company RE/Search Publications. ) (2005). "J. G. Ballard: Conversations" (excerpts). RE/Search Publications. RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher based in San Francisco, founded and edited by V ISBN 1-889307-13-0
- V. Vale (Ed. V Vale is a Writer and Publisher. He is the publisher and primary contributor to books and magazines published by his company RE/Search Publications. ) and Ryan, Mike (Ed). (2005). "J. G. Ballard: Quotes" (excerpts). RE/Search Publications. RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher based in San Francisco, founded and edited by V ISBN 1-889307-12-2
External links
- Ballardian: The World of JG Ballard Current and archival Ballard-related news and information, essays and reviews on Ballard and interviews with Ballard.
- jgballard.com Unofficial site with extensive Ballard links
- The Marriage of Reason and Nightmare, City Journal, Winter 2008
- JG Ballard with Cronenberg: Crash Site about Crash, and the movie based on the novel.
- J. G. Ballard at www.contemporarywriters.com
- J. G. Ballard at the Open Directory Project
- The Critical Exhibition - JGB's Online Secondary Bibliography
- Terminal Collection - Scans of JGB first editions, essays and reviews on Ballard and interviews with Ballard. The Open Directory Project ( ODP) also known as dmoz (from directory
- J. G. Ballard and his family on the list of the interment camp at Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
- Miracles of Life reviewed by Karl Miller in the TLS, March 12th 2008
- Manuscripts for The Unlimited Dream Company at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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| NAME | Ballard, J. The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is a Library and Archive at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in the collection of literary and G. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ballard, James Graham |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | British novelist, short fiction writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai, China |
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