# Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007 - Hardcover

by **J. G. Ballard** (Author), **Mark Blacklock** (Editor), **Tom McCarthy** (Foreword by)

**J. G. Ballard's collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation.**

J. G. Ballard was a colossal figure in English literature and an imaginative force of the twentieth century. Alongside seminal novels--from the notorious _Crash_ (1973) to the semi-autobiographical _Empire of the Sun_ (1984)--Ballard was a sought-after reviewer and commentator, publishing journalism, memoir, and cultural criticism in a variety of forms. _The Selected Nonfiction of J. G. Ballard_ collects the most significant short nonfiction of Ballard's fifty-year career, extending the range of the only previous collection of his nonfiction, _A User's Guide to the Millennium_ (1996), which selected essays and reviews published between 1962 and 1995.  
A decade on from Ballard's death in 2009, a new generation of readers needs a new collection. In the period following _A User's Guide_, Ballard's writing addressed 9/11, British politics from New Labour onward, and what he termed "the rise of soft fascism"--a diagnosis that maintains its relevance amid a shift toward right populism in European and US politics. Beautifully edited by Ballard scholar and novelist Mark Blacklock, this volume includes Ballard's editorials and manifestos; commentaries on his own work; commentaries on the work of others; reviews; and more. Above all, it makes the case for the currency of Ballard's work at a contemporary juncture at which so many of his diagnoses concerning the media and politics have become apparent.

### Author Biography

James Graham "J.G." Ballard (1930-2009) was a British author and journalist. Best known for his dystopic works of science fiction, his novels include _Crash_ (1973) and _High-Rise_ (1975). His semi-autobiographicalnovel _Empire of the Sun_ (1984) was adapted by Stephen Spielberg in the 1987 film of the same name. Luminous, wry, and arresting, Ballard's writing endures as a touchstone for popular conceptions of post-apocalyptic landscapes, mass media, and emergent technologies.

Mark Blacklock is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of the cultural history _The Emergence of the Fourth Dimensio_n, and his most recent novel _Hinton_ was longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2021.

**Number of Pages:** 424

**Dimensions:** 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN

**Publication Date:** October 24, 2023

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