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The Complete Short Stories

Volume 2

Author: J.G. Ballard  

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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.

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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.

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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.

'Will quite possibly be remembered as the most original English writer of the last century' Martin Amis

For over four decades, J. G. Ballard was one of Britain's most celebrated and original novelists. However, during his long career he was also a prolific writer of short stories, a form in which many argue he laid his firmest claim to greatness.

This, the second book in a two-volume collection, completes an unparalleled review of Ballard's career. Following the original order of publication, its stories - many of them embryos for later novels - survey the full imaginative range of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Ali Smith, Iain Sinclair, Martin Amis and Ned Beauman) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.

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Critic Reviews

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[Ballard has] one of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature. William Boyd, Mail on Sunday A feast, and not only for those who think -- as I do -- that Ballard has long been Britains most original and inventive writer. For anyone bored with the stale conventions of mainstream fiction, his 90-odd stories of stilled time, desolate beauty and personal fulfilment in extreme situations will be sheer delight. John Gray, New Statesman This marvellous, inexhaustible book is a monument at the end of fertile lands! Ballard is a superb writer; few could publish a book of this size which is never boring, where the invention never flags. Unfailingly ingenious and perverse. Philip Hensher, Daily Telegraph Thank God for J.G. Ballard and his short stories in which wonder and awe never fade. It is no exaggeration to say that Ballards stories are beyond compare. This is a collection of tales and fables to be savoured by admirers and newcomers alike. Robert Edric, Spectator Reading this book of collected stories is a peculiarly enriching experience. Jason Cowley, Observer

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About the Author

J.G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. His 1984 bestseller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. His controversial novel Crash was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenberg.

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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. With eighteen novels over four decades - from 'The Drowned World' in 1962 to his final novel 'Kingdom Come' in 2006 - J.G. Ballard is known as one of Britain's most celebrated and original novelists. However, during his long career he was also a prolific writer of short stories; in fact, many people consider that he is at his best in the short-story format. These highly influential stories have appeared in magazines such as New Worlds, Amazing Stories and Interzone, and in several separate collections, including 'The Terminal Beach', 'The Venus Hunters', 'Vermilion Sands', 'Low-Flying Aircraft' and 'Myths of the Near Future'. Set out in the original order of publication and frequently the point of conception for ideas he further developed in his novels, these stories provide an unprecedented opportunity to see the imagination of one of Britain's greatest writers at work. This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard's works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Robert Macfarlane, Iain Sinclair, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs from the artist Stanley Donwood.

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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers | Fourth Estate Ltd
Published
4th September 2006
Edition
02nd
Pages
784
ISBN
9780007245765

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