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J.G. Ballard

Born

in Shanghai, China

November 15, 1930

Died

April 19, 2009

Genre

Science Fiction, Fiction

Influences

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James Graham "J. G." Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Ballard came to be associated with the New Wave of science fiction early in his career with apocalyptic (or post-apocalyptic) novels such as The Drowned World (1962), The Burning World (1964), and The Crystal World (1966). In the late 1960s and early 1970s Ballard focused on an eclectic variety of short stories (or "condensed novels") such as The Atrocity Exhibition (1970), which drew closer comparison with the work of postmodernist writers such as William S. Burroughs. In 1973 the highly controversial novel Crash was published, a story about symphorophilia and car crash fetishism; the protagonist becomes sexually arous ...more

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Average rating: 3.70 · 214,230 ratings · 19,393 reviews · 491 distinct works • Similar authors

	High-Rise 3.65 avg rating — 44,267 ratings — published 1975 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash 3.65 avg rating — 34,879 ratings — published 1973 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire of the Sun 3.98 avg rating — 23,466 ratings — published 1984 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard, Martin Amis (Introduction) 3.46 avg rating — 21,723 ratings — published 1962 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Concrete Island 3.67 avg rating — 10,954 ratings — published 1974	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Atrocity Exhibition by J.G. Ballard, Phoebe Gloeckner (Illustrator), Ana Barrado (Photographer) 3.75 avg rating — 7,562 ratings — published 1969 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cocaine Nights 3.56 avg rating — 6,961 ratings — published 1996 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Super-Cannes 3.72 avg rating — 5,298 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crystal World 3.60 avg rating — 5,001 ratings — published 1966 — 95 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running Wild 3.55 avg rating — 3,785 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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JUNE SCIENCE FICTION -- this poll decides which two books will go into the run off poll of the Science Fiction Book of the Month for June.

Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick

17 votes, 22.4%

Our Lady of the Ice by Cassandra Rose Clarke

17 votes, 22.4%

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

14 votes, 18.4%

High-Rise by J.G. Ballard

11 votes, 14.5%

Kingdom of Cages by Sarah Zettel

9 votes, 11.8%

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

8 votes, 10.5%

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