J. G. Ballard

Controversial science fiction writer, J.G. Ballard, tells of his unorthodox upbringing in Shanghai in the 1940's. Ballard has achieved acclaim for works such as Empire of the Sun, and controversy over Crash, which investigates the psychosexual significance of the car crash. The book includes an article on Ballard …

Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by J. G. Ballard published in 1976. It includes: "The Ultimate City" - A postmodernist retelling of The Tempest, Following the exhaustion of the world's supply of fossil fuels, a dwindling population abandons cities and sets up 'the first …

The Venus Hunters is a collection of short stories by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1980 as a paperback by Panther Books, and reprinted as a hardback in 1986 by Victor Gollancz. It includes: "Now: Zero" "The Time-Tombs" "Track 12" "Passport to Eternity" "Escapement" "Time of Passage" "The Venus Hunters" "The …

The Day of Forever, is a short-story collection by J. G. Ballard. It contains the following stories: "The Day of Forever" "Prisoner of the Coral Deep" "Tomorrow is a Million Years" "The Man on the 99th Floor" "The Waiting Grounds" "The Last World of Mr Goddard" "The Gentle Assassin" "The Sudden Afternoon" "The Insane …

The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2 is a short-story collection by J. G. Ballard, published in 2006. The collection is the second part of J. G. Ballard's complete short story collection, following The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1.