J. G. Ballard

James Graham Ballard (Shanghai, 15.11. 1930- London 19.04.2009) je britanski pisac. Bio je istaknuti predstavnik Novog vala u znanstvenoj fantastici. Najpoznatije knjige su mu kontroverzni roman Sudar, kao i autobiografski roman Carstvo sunca. Oba su adaptirana u filmove.

J.G. Ballard
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	Shanghai, Kina
Smrt	19. 4. 2009. (dob: 78) London, Engleska
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	romanopisac, pisac naučne fantastike
Opus
Književni pravac	Novi val
Književne vrste	science fiction, distopija
Znamenita djela
Empire of the Sun
Inspiracija
Na Lee Killough, Bruce Sterling, Will Self, Alex Garland, Ken MacLeod

Bibliografija

Romani

• The Wind From Nowhere (1961)
• The Drowned World (1962)
• The Burning World (1964) (također The Drought) (1965)
• The Crystal World (1966)
• The Atrocity Exhibition (1969) (također Love and Napalm: Export USA) (1972)
• Crash (1973)
• Concrete Island (1974)
• High Rise (1975)
• The Unlimited Dream Company (1979)
• Hello America (1981)
• Empire of the Sun (1984, fiktivna autobiografija odrastanja u japanskom logoru za internirce u Shanghaiu)
• The Day of Creation (1987)
• Running Wild (1988)
• The Kindness of Women (1991, nastavak Empire Of The Sun koji opisuje dječaštvo i mladost)
• Rushing to Paradise (1994)
• Cocaine Nights (1996)
• Super-Cannes (2000)
• Millennium People (2003)
• Kingdom Come (2006) Arhivirano 2007-12-17 na Wayback Machine-u
• Miracles of Life (Scheduled 2008)

Zbirke priča

• The Voices of Time and Other Stories (1962)
• Billennium (1962)
• Passport to Eternity (1963)
• The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (1963)
• The Terminal Beach (1964)
• The Impossible Man (1966)
• The Venus Hunters (1967)
• The Overloaded Man (1967)
• The Disaster Area (1967)
• The Day of Forever (1967)
• Vermilion Sands (1971)
• Chronopolis and Other Stories (1971)
• Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories (1976)
• The Best of J. G. Ballard (1977)
• The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (1978)
• Myths of the Near Future (1982)
• The Voices of Time (1985)
• Memories of the Space Age (1988)
• War Fever (1990)
• The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (2001)
• The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Volume 1 (2006)
• The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Volume 2 (2006)

Ostalo

• A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (1996)

Filmske adaptacije

• Empire of the Sun (1987) rež. Steven Spielberg
• Crash (1996) rež. David Cronenberg
• The Atrocity Exhibition Arhivirano 2013-02-15 na Wayback Machine-u (2001) rež. Jonathan Weiss
• Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude (2002), rež. Solveig Nordlund. Portugalska adaptacija priče "Low Flying Aircraft".

Televizija (BBC)

• Thirteen to Centaurus (1965) rež. Peter Potter
• Home (2003) rež. Richard Curson Smith

Izvori

• 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 Arhivirano 2005-12-31 na Wayback Machine-u. 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.
• 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.
• McGrath, R. JG Ballard Book Collection Arhivirano 2007-12-24 na Wayback Machine-u. 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.) (2005). "J.G. Ballard: Conversations" (excerpts Arhivirano 2006-05-08 na Wayback Machine-u). RE/Search Publications. ISBN 1-889307-13-0
• V. Vale (Ed.) and Ryan, Mike (Ed). (2005). "J.G. Ballard: Quotes" (excerpts Arhivirano 2006-06-15 na Wayback Machine-u). RE/Search Publications. ISBN 1-889307-12-2

Eksterni linkovi

• 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 Arhivirano 2008-08-20 na Wayback Machine-u Unofficial site with extensive Ballard links
• JG Ballard with Cronenberg: Crash Arhivirano 2009-01-30 na Wayback Machine-u Site about Crash, and the movie based on the novel.
• Šablon:Contemporary writers
• J. G. Ballard na Projektu Open Directory
• The Critical Exhibition Arhivirano 2006-02-20 na Wayback Machine-u - JGB's Online Secondary Bibliography
• Entertaining Violence: JGB interview about Millennium People: Spike Magazine
• Flight And Imagination: JGB interview about Super-Cannes: Spike Magazine
• David Cronenberg's Crash: JGB interview about the movie adaptation: Spike Magazine
• Rick McGrath: JG Ballard First Editions Arhivirano 2007-12-24 na Wayback Machine-u Over 200 scans of first and variant editions, including the suppressed 1970 Doubleday edition of The Atrocity Exhibition, plus articles, reviews, bibliographies, marginalia and the usual lineup of obsessive associations
• TLS article: Narratives of the mall Kingdom Come reviewed by M. John Harrison 2006.
• Michael Moorcock on Ballard Arhivirano 2007-11-13 na Wayback Machine-u
• J.G.Ballard and his family on the list of the interment camp Arhivirano 2007-08-07 na Wayback Machine-u at Japan Center for Asian Historical Records