Selected Nonfiction 1962-2007 by J. G. Ballard (The MIT Press, October 24, 2023, 978-0-262-04832-3, $32.95, 400pp, hc, co) [edited by Mark Blacklock]
Details taken from Table of Contents.
- xi · Foreword · Tom McCarthy · fw
- xv · Introduction · Mark Blacklock · in
- xxxi · Notes on the Edition · Mark Blacklock · ms
- 1 · 1. Statements · Mark Blacklock · si
- 3 · Which Way to Inner Space? · J. G. Ballard · ed New Worlds Science Fiction #118, May 1962
- 7 · Notes from Nowhere · J. G. Ballard · ar New Worlds SF #167, 1966
- 10 · Introduction to the French Edition of Crash · J. G. Ballard · ar Foundation #9, November 1975
originally in French in the Clamann-Levy edition in 1974.
- 15 · What I Believe · J. G. Ballard · pp Interzone #8, Summer 1984
first printed in French in Science Fiction Jan ’84, edited by Daniel Riche.
- 19 · 2. New Worlds · Mark Blacklock · si
- 23 · Myth-maker of the 20th Century · J. G. Ballard · ar New Worlds SF #142, May/June 1964 [Ref. William S. Burroughs]
- 28 · La Jetée: Academy One · J. G. Ballard · mr New Worlds SF #164, July 1966
- 30 · Coming of the Unconscious · J. G. Ballard · br New Worlds SF #164, July 1966 [Ref. Patrick Waldberg & Marcel Jean]; review of Surrealism by Patrick Waldberg and The History of Surrealist Painting by Marcel Jean.
- 35 · The Thousand Wounds and Flowers · J. G. Ballard · br New Worlds #186, January 1969 [Ref. J. T. Fraser]; review of The Voices of Time.
- 38 · Salvador Dali: The Innocent as Paranoid · J. G. Ballard · ar New Worlds #187, February 1969 [Ref. Salvador Dalí]
- 46 · Use Your Vagina · J. G. Ballard · br New Worlds #191, June 1969 [Ref. Stephan Gregory]; review of How to Achieve Sexual Ecstasy.
- 50 · Alphabets of Unreason · J. G. Ballard · br New Worlds #196, December 1969 [Ref. Adolf Hitler]; review of Mein Kampf.
- 55 · 3. Commentaries · Mark Blacklock · si
- 56 · On Own Work: Novels
- 57 · The Drowned World · J. G. Ballard · ms 1963
- 59 · The Atrocity Exhibition · J. G. Ballard · ms 1969
- 60 · Concrete Island · J. G. Ballard · ms 1994
- 62 · Hello America · J. G. Ballard · ms 1994
- 64 · On Own Work: Stories and Collections
- 65 · “Storm-Wind” · [uncredited] · iv 1961, as “New Worlds Profiles| J.G. Ballard” [Ref. J. G. Ballard]
- 65 · “You and Me and the Continuum” · J. G. Ballard · is Impulse March 1966
- 66 · “End-Game” · J. G. Ballard · as Backdrop of Stars ed. Harry Harrison, Dennis Dobson, 1968
- 68 · Vermilion Sands · J. G. Ballard · ms 1973, as “Preface”
- 70 · The Best Science Fiction of J.G. Ballard · J. G. Ballard · in Orbit, 1977, as “Introduction”
- 76 · Le Livre d’Or de la Science-Fiction: J.G. Ballard · J. G. Ballard · in 1980
- 78 · Myths of the Near Future · J. G. Ballard · in Myths of the Near Future (var. 1) by J. G. Ballard, Vintage, 1994, as “Introduction”
- 80 · “Report on an Unidentified Space Station” · J. G. Ballard · is Top Fantasy ed. Josh Pachter, Dent, 1985
- 80 · J.G. Ballard: The Complete Short Stories · J. G. Ballard · in Flamingo, 2001, as “Introduction”
- 82 · On Work of Others: Literature
- 83 · Cataclysms and Dooms · J. G. Ballard · si The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ed. Brian Ash, Pan, 1977
- 84 · Graham Greene · J. G. Ballard · ar Magazine Littéraire 1978, as “Memories of Greeneland” [Ref. Graham Greene]
- 86 · James Joyce · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian 1990, as “Memories of James Joyce” [Ref. James Joyce]
- 87 · Nathanael West · J. G. Ballard · br The Sunday Times 1993, as “Babylon Revisited” [Ref. Nathanael West]; review of The Day of the Locust.
- 89 · Aldous Huxley · J. G. Ballard · ar 1994
- 91 · On Work of Others: Art
- 94 · Eduardo Paolozzi · J. G. Ballard · ar 1970
- 94 · Ikko Narahara · J. G. Ballard · ar 1980
- 96 · Brigid Marlin · J. G. Ballard · ar 1990
- 97 · Paul Delvaux · J. G. Ballard · ar 1996
- 99 · Robert Smithson · J. G. Ballard · ar 1997
- 100 · Tacita Dean · J. G. Ballard · ar 2001
- 102 · Ed Ruscha · J. G. Ballard · ar 2001
- 103 · Francis Bacon · J. G. Ballard · ar 2004
- 105 · 4. Features and Essays · Mark Blacklock · si
- 108 · Fictions of Every Kind · J. G. Ballard · br Books and Bookmen 1971 [Ref. Lois & Stephen Rose]; review of The Shattered Ring.
- 111 · The Consumer Consumed · J. G. Ballard · ar Ink 1971
- 113 · The Car, the Future · J. G. Ballard · ar Drive 1971
- 119 · The Future of the Future · J. G. Ballard · ar Vogue (UK) 1977
- 123 · The Diary of a Mad Space-Wife · J. G. Ballard · ar Vogue (UK) 1979
- 127 · In the Voyeur’s Gaze · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian August 25 1989
- 132 · The French Riviera Spoiled? Only by Fear and Snobbery · J. G. Ballard · ar The Mail on Sunday 1995
- 136 · Airports: The Cities of the Future · J. G. Ballard · ar Blueprint Magazine 1997
- 139 · Welcome to the Virtual City · J. G. Ballard · ar Tate Magazine Spring 2001
- 141 · The Prophet · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian 2005
- 145 · A Handful of Dust · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian March 20 2006
- 149 · Shock and Gore · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian 2007
- 152 · The Larval Stage of a New Kind of Architecture · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian 2007
- 157 · 5. Lists, Captions, and Glossaries · Mark Blacklock · si
- 159 · Collector’s Choice: Outer Limits · J. G. Ballard · ar American Film 1987
- 164 · Project for a Glossary of the Twentieth Century · J. G. Ballard · ms Zone 6: Incorporations ed. Jonathan Crary & Sanford Kwinter, Urzone, 1992
- 170 · Impressions of Speed · J. G. Ballard · ar Speed: Visions of an Accelerated Age ed. Jeremy Millar & Michiel Schwartz, The Photographers' Gallery, 1998
- 174 · What Makes a Classic? · J. G. Ballard · ar The Test of Time ed. Andrew Holgate & Honor Wilson-Fletcher, W Magazine, 1999, as “What Is Your Definition of a Classic?”
- 177 · 6. Reviews · Mark Blacklock · si
- 177 · Books
- 179 · The Science of Dreams by Edwin Diamond · J. G. Ballard · br Chemistry and Industry September 2 1963 [Ref. Edwin Diamond]
- 180 · Down to Earth: Spectrum IV, edited by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest; Telepathist by John Brunner; I Love Galesburg in the Springtime by Jack Finney; An Arthur C. Clarke Omnibus · J. G. Ballard · rc The Guardian April 9 1965 [Ref. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest, John Brunner, Jack Finney & Arthur C. Clarke]
- 182 · Into the Drop Zone: Beyond Time by Michel Siffre · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian July 23 1965 [Ref. Michel Siffre]
- 183 · The See-Through Brain: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian February 12 1970 [Ref. Yevgeny Zamyatin]
- 185 · A Personal View: Billion Year Spree by Brian Aldiss · J. G. Ballard · br Cypher #11, May 1974 [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss]
- 191 · Zap Code: Approaching Oblivion by Harlan Ellison; Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg; Medusa’s Children by Bob Shaw · J. G. Ballard · br The New Statesman March 25 1977 [Ref. Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg & Bob Shaw]
- 193 · Killing Time: The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian November 15 1979 [Ref. Norman Mailer]
- 195 · New Means Worse: The Golden Age of Science Fiction, edited by Kingsley Amis · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian November 26 1981 [Ref. Kingsley Amis]
- 197 · Fallen Idol: Elvis by Albert Goldman · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian December 3 1981 [Ref. Albert Goldman]
- 199 · Legend of Regret: Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Matthew J. Bruccoli · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian February 4 1982 [Ref. Matthew J. Bruccoli & F. Scott Fitzgerald]
- 201 · Autopia or Autogeddon: Automania by Julian Pettifer and Nigel Turner; The Centenary of the Car, 1885—1985 by Andrew Whyte; Rolls-Royce: The Complete Works by Mike Fox and Steve Smith · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian November 29 1984 [Ref. Julian Pettifer, Nigel Turner, Andrew Whyte, Mike Fox & Steve Smith]
- 203 · Escape Into the Seraglio: Hockney on Photography: Conversations by Paul Joyce · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian October 28 1988 [Ref. Paul Joyce]
- 206 · Days Strung on a Syringe with a Thread of Blood: Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs by Ted Morgan · J. G. Ballard · br The Independent on Sunday 1991
- 208 · Chainsaw Biomassacre in Glorious Horoscope: Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography by Kitty Kelley · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian 1991
- 211 · Sermons from the Mount: Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut · J. G. Ballard · br The Sunday Times November 10 1991 [Ref. Kurt Vonnegut]
- 214 · Rituals of a Skinny Dipper: Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero by Charles Sprawson · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph July 4 1992 [Ref. Charles Sprawson]
- 215 · Was the Holocaust Scripted by This Man? Marquis de Sade: A Biography by Maurice Lever · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph September 25 1993, as “The Divine Marquis” [Ref. Maurice Lever]
- 217 · Let the Women Have Lipstick and High Heels: Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China by Richard Evans · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph October 30 1993 [Ref. Richard J. Evans]
- 219 · The Mouse That Bores: Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince by Marc Eliot · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph June 11 1994 [Ref. Marc Eliot]
- 221 · The Puccini of Cinema Grows Up: Steven Spielberg: The Unauthorised Biography by John Baxter · J. G. Ballard · br 1996 [Ref. John Baxter]
- 224 · Weirdly Wise: Lynch on Lynch, edited by Chris Rodley · J. G. Ballard · br The Observer August 17 1997 [Ref. Chris Rodley]
- 227 · Return of the Future: The First Dozen Titles in the Predictions Series Published by Phoenix House, London · J. G. Ballard · br The Sunday Telegraph December 28 1997
- 230 · Sands of Time: The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian June 26 1998 [Ref. Lena Lencek & Gideon Bosker]
- 233 · They’re Falling Out of the Sky: The Black Box: Cockpit Voice Recorder Accounts of In-Flight Accidents, edited by Malcolm MacPherson · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph August 1 1998 [Ref. Malcolm MacPherson]
- 235 · Reach for the Sky: Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg · J. G. Ballard · br The Sunday Times October 18 1998 [Ref. A. Scott Berg]
- 238 · Analyst’s Couch Potato: Woody Allen: A Biography by John Baxter · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph November 14 1998 [Ref. John Baxter]
- 240 · License to Kill: The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang · J. G. Ballard · br The Sunday Times February 21 1999 [Ref. Iris Chang]
- 244 · Fashion Victim: Pages from the Glossies: Facsimiles 1956—1998 by Helmut Newton · J. G. Ballard · br Bookforum Spring 1999 [Ref. Helmut Newton]
- 246 · The Maestro Who Campaigned Against His Greatest Work: The Enigma of Giorgio de Chirico by Margaret Crosland · J. G. Ballard · br The Daily Telegraph August 21 1999 [Ref. Margaret Crosland]
- 248 · A Staircase of Corpses: Build My Gallows High by Geoffrey Homes · J. G. Ballard · br The New Statesman March 26 2001 [Ref. Geoffrey Homes]
- 250 · Prophet of Our Present: Aldous Huxley: An English Intellectual by Nicholas Murray · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian April 13 2002 [Ref. Nicholas Murray]
- 253 · This Boy Does Talk. Who Is He? King of Cannes by Stephen Walker · J. G. Ballard · br The Guardian June 1 2002 [Ref. Stephen Walker]
- 256 · The Unlimited Dream Company: The Bad and the Beautiful: A Chronicle of Hollywood in the Fifties by Sam Kashner and Jennifer MacNair · J. G. Ballard · br The New Statesman July 8 2002 [Ref. Sam Kashner & Jennifer MacNair]
- 259 · The Ultimate Sacrifice: Kamikaze: Japan’s Suicide Gods by Albert Axell and Hideaki Kase · J. G. Ballard · br The New Statesman September 9 2002 [Ref. Albert Axell & Hideaki Kase]
- 261 · A World of Endless Summer: High Tide: News from a Warming World by Mark Lynas · J. G. Ballard · br The Evening Standard March 15 2004 [Ref. Mark Lynas]
- 263 · Flush with Talent: Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema by Matthew Sweet · J. G. Ballard · br The Sunday Telegraph February 6 2005
- 265 · The Day of Reckoning: A Woman in Berlin by Anonymous, and Germany: Jekyll and Hyde by Sebastian Haffner · J. G. Ballard · br The New Statesman July 4 2005 [Ref. Sebastian Haffner]
- 269 · Films
- 270 · Hobbits in Space: Star Wars · J. G. Ballard · mr Time Out December 16 1977
- 273 · Blue Velvet · J. G. Ballard · mr The Guardian September 18 1993
- 274 · The Third Man · J. G. Ballard · mr The Times October 3 2002
- 275 · In Modern America, No Nightmare Is Forbidden: The Day After Tomorrow · J. G. Ballard · mr The Guardian May 14 2004
- 276 · The Killer Inside: A History of Violence · J. G. Ballard · mr The Guardian September 23 2005
- 281 · Television
- 282 · In Cold Blood: C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation · J. G. Ballard · mr The Guardian June 25 2005
- 287 · 7. New Statesman · Mark Blacklock · si
- 289 · Diary · J. G. Ballard · mm The New Statesman December 20 1999
- 291 · Diary · J. G. Ballard · mm The New Statesman May 28 2001
- 294 · Now Parliament Is Just Another Hypermarket · J. G. Ballard · ar The New Statesman May 9 2005
- 297 · Diary: A Fascist’s Guide to the Premiership · J. G. Ballard · mm The New Statesman September 4 2006
- 301 · 8. Forum Discussions · Mark Blacklock · si
- 303 · The State of Fiction: A Symposium · J. G. Ballard · ar The New Review Summer 1978
- 304 · Cyberpunk Forum · J. G. Ballard · ar Mississippi Review #47/48, 1988
- 304 · A Response to the Invitation to Respond · J. G. Ballard · ar Science-Fiction Studies November 1991
- 305 · Nurse, the Screens · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian March 28 1998
- 309 · 9. Capsule Commentaries · Mark Blacklock · si
- 310 · The Magnificent Seven · J. G. Ballard · ms 1994
- 310 · Apocalypse How? · J. G. Ballard · ms 1995
- 310 · The Westway · J. G. Ballard · ms 2001
- 311 · My Perfect Beach · J. G. Ballard · ms The Observer 2002
- 312 · Writers’ Rooms · J. G. Ballard · ms The Guardian March 9 2007
- 315 · 10. Memoir and Tributes · Mark Blacklock · si
- 317 · Remembering Crash · J. G. Ballard · bg The Independent 1990
- 318 · Unlocking the Past · J. G. Ballard · ar The Daily Telegraph September 21 1991
- 323 · My Favourite Books · J. G. Ballard · ar The Pleasure of Reading ed. Antonia Fraser, Bloomsbury, 1992
- 328 · Look Back at Empire · J. G. Ballard · ar The Guardian March 4 2006
- 332 · Eduardo Paolozzi · J. G. Ballard · bg 1987
- 333 · Brian Aldiss · J. G. Ballard · bg A Is for Brian ed. Frank Hatherley, Margaret Aldiss & Malcolm Edwards, Avernus, 1990, as “Memoir”
- 334 · Judith Merril · J. G. Ballard · bg 1992
- 337 · William S. Burroughs · J. G. Ballard · bg 1997
- 341 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi
- 353 · Suggested Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi
- 357 · Index · [uncredited] · ix
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