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Born in Shanghai November 15, 1930, James Graham Ballard
spent several formative years in a Japanese concentration camp before settling
in England in 1946. After RAF flight training and medical studies with the aim
of becoming a psychoanalyst, Ballard concentrated on inventing the genre of
Speculative Fiction, charting the myths and psychopathologies of the near
future. His autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun was made into a
feature film by Steven Spielberg; David Cronenberg filmed his techno-noir-sex
classic CRASH.
To date Ballard has written 17 prophetic/poetic novels; in
his newest, Millennium People (2003), random acts of terrorism
dynamically unsettle London, England. The Complete Short Stories of J.G.
Ballard, recently released, is almost 1200 pages and an instant classic.
J.G. Ballard has been featured in Search
& Destroy #10, the RE/Search #1-2-3 tabloids, RE/Search #8/9:
J.G. Ballard, and the RE/Search illustrated edition of The Atrocity
Exhibition. RE/Search is proud to have published J.G. BALLARD QUOTES;
and J.G. BALLARD CONVERSATIONS, featuring interviews conducted by MARK
PAULINE (Survival Research Laboratories) and GRAEME REVELL (SPK; composer).
J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. He published his first novel, The Drowned World, in 1961. His 1984 bestseller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His memoir Miracles of Life was published in 2008. J. G. Ballard died in 2009.
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Mike Ryan
A Boston native, Mike Ryan has worked as a teacher, reporter, communications specialist, and freelance writer. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Boston State College and a master's degree in journalism from Boston University. His byline has appeared in newspapers and magazines. He has written ten novels and suffers from a serious addiction to bookstores. He lives with his family southwest of Fenway Park.
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