{"product_id":"j-g-ballard-quotes-paperback","title":"J.G. Ballard: Quotes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. G. Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eV. Vale\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMike Ryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Shanghai November 15, 1930, \u003cb\u003eJames Graham Ballard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003espent several formative years in a Japanese concentration camp before settling\u003cbr\u003ein England in 1946. After RAF flight training and medical studies with the aim\u003cbr\u003eof becoming a psychoanalyst, Ballard concentrated on inventing the genre of\u003cbr\u003eSpeculative Fiction, charting the myths and psychopathologies of the near\u003cbr\u003efuture. His autobiographical novel \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a\u003cbr\u003efeature film by Steven Spielberg; David Cronenberg filmed his techno-noir-sex\u003cbr\u003eclassic \u003ci\u003eCRASH\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo date Ballard has written 17 prophetic\/poetic novels; in\u003cbr\u003ehis newest, \u003ci\u003eMillennium People\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), random acts of terrorism\u003cbr\u003edynamically unsettle London, England. \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Short Stories of J.G.\u003cbr\u003eBallard, \u003c\/i\u003e recently released, is almost 1200 pages and an instant classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ.G. Ballard has been featured in \u003ci\u003eSearch\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp; Destroy #10, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eRE\/Search #1-2-3\u003c\/i\u003e tabloids, \u003ci\u003eRE\/Search #8\/9: \u003cbr\u003eJ.G. Ballard, \u003c\/i\u003e and the RE\/Search illustrated edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Atrocity\u003cbr\u003eExhibition.\u003c\/i\u003e RE\/Search is proud to have published \u003ci\u003eJ.G. BALLARD QUOTES;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJ.G. BALLARD CONVERSATIONS, \u003c\/i\u003e featuring interviews conducted by MARK\u003cbr\u003ePAULINE (Survival Research Laboratories) and GRAEME REVELL (SPK; composer). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA real revolution, as 9-11 was in its way, will\u003cbr\u003ealways come from some unexpected corner of the sky. --J.G. Ballard \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Shanghai November 15, 1930, James Graham Ballard\u003cbr\u003espent the first 15 years of his life in China. Interned in a Japanese camp\u003cbr\u003eduring World War II, he was repatriated to England at the age of sixteen. After\u003cbr\u003estudying medicine at Cambridge, he sold his first \"speculative fiction\" story\u003cbr\u003eto \u003ci\u003eNew Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e in 1956 and began writing a series of planetary disaster\u003cbr\u003enovels, ultimately focusing on the \u003ci\u003einner\u003c\/i\u003e landscape in psychopathological\u003cbr\u003eclassics such as \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHigh-Rise\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1987 Steven Spielberg\u003cbr\u003emade a movie of his best-selling autobiographical work, \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eFor the past 30 years J.G. Ballard has lived in Shepperton, England, home of\u003cbr\u003ethe famous film studios. {J.G. Ballard died April 19, 2009 in London, U.K.] \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 7.36 x 6.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770057031968,"sku":"9781889307121","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d5d16a6c1fe898669cd91fab17eeed51.webp?v=1780363477","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/j-g-ballard-quotes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}