BOOK

J. G. Ballard

Wilson, D. Harlan, author

2017

Overview

\"Prophetic short stories and apocalyptic novels like The Crystal World made J. G. Ballard a foundational figure in the British New Wave. Rejecting the science fiction of rockets and aliens, he explored an inner space of humanity informed by psychiatry and biology and shaped by Surrealism. Later in his career, Ballard's combustible plots and violent imagery spurred controversy--even legal action--while his autobiographical 1984 war novel Empire of the Sun brought him fame. D. Harlan Wilson offers the first career-spanning analysis of an author who helped steer SF in new, if startling, directions. Here was a writer committed to moral ambiguity, one who drowned the world and erected a London high-rise doomed to descend into savagery--and coolly picked apart the characters trapped within each story. Wilson also examines Ballard's methods, his influence on cyberpunk, and the ways his fiction operates within the sphere of our larger culture and within SF itself\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Subject: Ballard, J. G., 1930-2009 Criticism and interpretation. / Science fiction, English History and criticism. / LITERARY CRITICISM - Science Fiction & Fantasy. / BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Literary.
• ISBN: 9780252041433, 9780252082955

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR6052.A46 Z94 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE