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PublisherPicador
ISBN-100312278446
ISBN-139780312278441
eBay Product ID (ePID)1781681
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Book TitleBest Short Stories of J. G. Ballard
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies
Publication Year2001
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorJ. G. Ballard
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Reviews"A visionary in both style and substance . . .The literary equivalent of Salvador Dali or Max Ernst."-The Washington Post Book World "A writer of enormous inventive powers. Ballard has, like Calvino, a remarkable gift for filling the empty, deprived spaces of modern life with the invisible cities and the wonder worlds of the imagination."-Malcolm Bradbury, The New York Times Book Review "Complex, obsessive, frequently poetic, and always disquieting chronicles of nature rebelling against humans, of the survival of barbarism in a world of mechanical efficieny, of entropy, anomie, breakdown, ruin . . . The blasted landscapes that his characters inhabit are both external settings and states of mind."-Luc Sante, "A visionary in both style and substance . . .The literary equivalent of Salvador Dali or Max Ernst." -- The Washington Post Book World "A writer of enormous inventive powers. Ballard has, like Calvino, a remarkable gift for filling the empty, deprived spaces of modern life with the invisible cities and the wonder worlds of the imagination." -- Malcolm Bradbury, The New York Times Book Review "Complex, obsessive, frequently poetic, and always disquieting chronicles of nature rebelling against humans, of the survival of barbarism in a world of mechanical efficieny, of entropy, anomie, breakdown, ruin . . . The blasted landscapes that his characters inhabit are both external settings and states of mind." -- Luc Sante, Praise for The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard : "A visionary in both style and substance . . .The literary equivalent of Salvador Dali or Max Ernst." -- The Washington Post Book World "A writer of enormous inventive powers. Ballard has, like Calvino, a remarkable gift for filling the empty, deprived spaces of modern life with the invisible cities and the wonder worlds of the imagination." -- Malcolm Bradbury, The New York Times Book Review "Complex, obsessive, frequently poetic, and always disquieting chronicles of nature rebelling against humans, of the survival of barbarism in a world of mechanical efficieny, of entropy, anomie, breakdown, ruin . . . The blasted landscapes that his characters inhabit are both external settings and states of mind." -- Luc Sante, A writer of enormous inventive powers. Ballard has, like Calvino, a remarkable gift for filling the empty, deprived spaces of modern life with the invisible cities and the wonder worlds of the imagination., "A visionary in both style and substance . . .The literary equivalent of Salvador Dali or Max Ernst."- The Washington Post Book World "A writer of enormous inventive powers. Ballard has, like Calvino, a remarkable gift for filling the empty, deprived spaces of modern life with the invisible cities and the wonder worlds of the imagination."- Malcolm Bradbury, The New York Times Book Review "Complex, obsessive, frequently poetic, and always disquieting chronicles of nature rebelling against humans, of the survival of barbarism in a world of mechanical efficieny, of entropy, anomie, breakdown, ruin . . . The blasted landscapes that his characters inhabit are both external settings and states of mind."- Luc Sante, Complex, obsessive, frequently poetic, and always disquieting chronicles of nature rebelling against humans, of the survival of barbarism in a world of mechanical efficieny, of entropy, anomie, breakdown, ruin . . . The blasted landscapes that his characters inhabit are both external settings and states of mind.
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Table Of ContentIntroduction The Concentration City Manhole Chronopolis The Voices of Time Deep End The Overloaded Man Billennium The Garden of the Time Thirteen for Centaurus The Subliminal Man The Cage of Sand End Game The Drowned Giant The Terminal Beach The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race The Atrocity Exhibition Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagen
SynopsisFirst 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 nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture. Ballard's voice and vision have long served as a font of inspiration for today's cyber-punks, the authors and futurist who brought the information age into the mainstream., First published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of J. G. Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. This collection includes "The Garden of Time," the inspiration for the 2024 Met Gala-fashion's biggest night. His tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology, as viewed through a strong microscope, were eerily prescient and now provide greater perspective on our computer-dominated culture. Ballard's voice and vision have long served as a font of inspiration for today's cyber-punks, the authors and futurists who brought the information age into the mainstream.
LC Classification NumberPR6015.I3
