James Graham Ballard was born and raised in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China to a chemist. In 1943 the Japanese occupied the International Settlement and Ballard's family was sent to the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, where they were interned for two years until the end of World War II. In 1946, Ballard went to England with his mother and sister, and stayed on in England after his mother and sister returned to China to rejoin his father. In 1949 he went to King's College, Cambridge to study medicine, but he began writing fiction and abandoned medicine in 1952 to pursue writing. In 1953 he joined the Air Force and was sent to the Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to train. There he discovered science fiction in and he began to write science fiction. He left the RAF in 1954 and returned to England. In 1956 he published his science fiction story. In 1960 he committed to writing full-time.
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Empire of the Sun
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Crash
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The Drowned World
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The drought
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The day of creation
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Concrete island
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The Terminal Beach
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The crystal world
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The four-dimensional nightmare
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Vermilion Sands
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The atrocity exhibition
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The Voices of Time
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Running wild
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The unlimited dream company
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Rushing to Paradise
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The disaster area
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The day of forever
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High-rise
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The Wind from Nowhere
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The kindness of women
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Hello America
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Super-Cannes
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Cocaine Nights
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War fever
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Short stories
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Millennium people
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Myths of the Near Future
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Chronopolis
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Low-flying aircraft, and other stories
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The Venus hunters
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A user's guide to the millennium: essays and reviews
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Crash (Vintage Blue)
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J. G. Ballard: Quotes
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The Day of Creation (Flamingo Modern Classic)
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Kingdom Come (SIGNED)
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Miracles of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton : an autobiography
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The Drought (1960s A)
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War Fever and Other Stories
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Kingdom Come
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The overloaded man
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The day of creation
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Noches De Cocaina
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The Crystal World (Science Fiction Rediscovery Series Volume 25)
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Rushing to Paradise
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Crystal World Reissue
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Empire of the Sun
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The Burning world
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Crystal World (Flamingo Modern Classic)
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Milenio Negro
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The Day of Creation
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Memories of the space age
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The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard
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Millennium people
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The Unlimited Dream Co
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Empire of the sun
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The impossible man and other stories
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E autskratoria tov ilisu
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El Mundo Sumergido
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Güneş imparatorluğu
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Mitos Del Futuro Proximo
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J.G. Ballard with Matthew Hoffman
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Love and napalm: export U.S.A
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J.G. Ballard Conversations
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Spa-Milenio Negro
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El día de la creación
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Voices of Time (Everyman Fiction)
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High Rise (Flamingo Modern Classic)
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Krustallinos Kosmos
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Dia de La Creacion, El
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The drowned world
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The complete short stories
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Passport to Eternity
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La Exhibicion de Atrocidades
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High-rise
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Drowned World (Everyman Fiction)
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Conversations
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Hola America/Hello America
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The drowned world ; and The wind from nowhere
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The complete short stories
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Millennium people
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La Isla de Cemento
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Best of J. G. Ballard
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New Windmills: Empire of the Sun (Pack of 16)
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The drought
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Billenium
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Kingdom come
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Quotes
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Foresta DI Cristallo
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Spiritual America
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Rascacielos
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Tai yang di guo
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Le Vent de nulle part
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Chao su xing zhui ji =: Crash
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Das Reich der Sonne
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El imperio del Sol
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