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Jun 28, 2024 · J.G. Ballard (born November 15, 1930, Shanghai, China—died April 19, 2009, London, England) was a British author of science fiction set in ecologically unbalanced landscapes caused by decadent technological excess.
Jul 11, 2024 · We discuss The Drowned World, a dystopian novel by J. G. Ballard about a dangerous future in which global warming and rising sea levels render much of the earth uninhabitable.
Jul 8, 2024 · I read High-Rise by J.G. Ballard (1975) as Ben recommended it to me a while ago. It relates somewhat to my interest in cities, big generic buildings, luxury or appearance of luxury, corporate spaces (the book is set in a residential apartment building but there is a similar feeling) and the effects of these spaces….
Jun 20, 2024 · Book - 2009. Collects all ninety-two of the late author's stories--including Prima Belladonna, Dead Time, and The Index--Which span five decades and explore everything from musical orchids to human cannibalism to the secret history of World War III.
Jul 1, 2024 · Crash, J.G. Ballard. Vintage Books, first Vintage Books edition (1985). Cover design by Carin Goldberg with art by Chris Moore. 224 pages. A few sentences and fragments from The New York Time’s original 1973 review of Crash: …hands-down, the most repulsive book I’ve yet to come across.
3 days ago · The ensemble, inspired by J.G. Ballard's "The Garden of Time," represents a perfect blend of timeless elegance and contemporary artistry, a testament to the designer's unparalleled craftsmanship ...
Jul 12, 2024 · In which we discuss J.G. Ballard's novel Crash and its modern-day significance
Jul 4, 2024 · While glimpses of counternormative and potentially utopian radical sex practices abound in J. G. Ballard’s seminal work Crash (1973), the book ends in a miasma of psychopathic violence, thus precluding a utopian reading. However, in Ballard’s later novel The Unlimited Dream Company (1979), the utopian potential implied in the transgressive sexuality of Crash is brought to the forefront of ...
Jul 7, 2024 · “The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D”. Raw Feed. Raw Feed. Concrete Island. (associational). Review. Crash. (associational). Raw Feed. “Cry Hope, Cry Fury!”. Raw ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Inspired by revolutionary social visions of mid-century architecture and literary works like J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise and Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock, Gritl’s detailed 3D computer models redefine the “urban utopias” of the 20th century.
