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J. G. Ballard

15 November 1930 - 19 April 2009

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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  • Cover of: Empire of the sun

    First published in 1984 28 editions in 5 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition taiyangdiguo0000ball Cover of edition empireofsun0000ball_c1l8 Cover of edition empireofsunnovel00ball Cover of edition empireofsun00ball Cover of edition empiresun00ball_619
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    First published in 1973 20 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition crash00ball_993
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  • Cover of: The drowned world

    First published in 1962 19 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition drownedworld0000ball
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    First published in 1965 14 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Concrete island

    First published in 1974 14 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition concreteisland00ball Cover of edition concreteislandno00ball
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  • Cover of: The Book of fantasy

    First published in 1940 14 editions in 3 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition antologadelali00borg Cover of edition bwb_P8-BAU-695 Cover of edition bookoffantasy0000borg Cover of edition bookoffantasy00jorg Cover of edition bookoffantasy0000unse Cover of edition bookoffantasy00borg Cover of edition bookfantasy00borg
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    First published in 1975 13 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition highrise0000ball Cover of edition highrise00ball
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  • Cover of: The Atrocity Exhibition

    First published in 1970 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition atrocityexhibiti00ball_067
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  • Cover of: The terminal beach

    First published in 1964 11 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Crystal World

    First published in 1966 10 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The four-dimensionalnightmare

    First published in 1963 10 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The day of creation

    First published in 1987 10 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition dayofcreation0000ball Cover of edition dayofcreation0000ball_y8l7 Cover of edition dayofcreation0000ball_o4k3
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  • Cover of: The second IF reader of science fiction

    First published in 1968 10 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition secondifreaderof0000fred Cover of edition secondifreaderof0000unse
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  • Cover of: Millennium people

    First published in 2003 9 editions in 4 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition millenniumpeople0000ball Cover of edition millenniumpeople0000ball_y1p7 Cover of edition millenniumpeople00ball_245
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  • Cover of: Myths of the Near Future

    First published in 1982 8 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cocaine nights

    First published in 1996 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition cocainenights0000ball Cover of edition cocainenights00ball_357
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    First published in 1971 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Mammoth book of fantasy all-time greats

    First published in 1983 8 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition fantasyhalloffam00silv Cover of edition fantasyhalloffam0000unse Cover of edition fantasyhalloffam0000unse_t5q7 Cover of edition fantasyhallfame00silv
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    First published in 1979 7 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1962 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, general, English Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, short stories (single author), Science fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction in English, Authors, english, English fiction, Science fiction, English, Africa, fiction, American Science fiction, Authors, biography, England, fiction, Fiction, dystopian, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, China, fiction, English Novelists, English Short stories, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, History, Literature
Places
Great Britain, Shanghai (China), Central Africa, China, England, Islands of the Pacific, London, Sahara, Shanghai, United States, Buenos Aires, Carcosa, Las Vegas, London (England), Londres (Angleterre), Lucerne, Manhattan, Memphis, Orbis Tertius, Spain, Tlön, Uqbar, the Bering Strait
People
J. G. Ballard (1930-), J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), Adolfo Bioy Casares, Damien Hirst (1965-), Douglas Gordon (1966-), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005), Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Edward Ruscha (1937-), Ezra Buckley, Faucigny Lucinge, Helmut Newton (1920-2004), Herbert Ashe, Jeff Koons (1955-), Jesus Christ, Jorge Luis Borges, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1931-), Prince Prospero, Richard Hamilton (1922-), Richard Prince (1949-)
Time
20th century, 17th century, 1935-1947, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1947, 19e siècle, 19th century, 20e siècle, 21st century, Late 20th century

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