Comments on: The Wind From Nowhere (1961) http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-wind-from-nowhere Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:03:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Enigmatic Engineering – Yuichi Yokoyama’s Visionary Architecture – Part 1 « transatlantis http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-wind-from-nowhere/comment-page-1#comment-4664 Enigmatic Engineering – Yuichi Yokoyama’s Visionary Architecture – Part 1 « transatlantis Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:25 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-wind-from-nowhere/#comment-4664 [...] (the story with that title also shared by the book) was J.G. Ballard’s first novel The Wind from Nowhere. In the book, the surface of the whole planet is rapidly destroyed by a powerful wind, which [...] [...] (the story with that title also shared by the book) was J.G. Ballard’s first novel The Wind from Nowhere. In the book, the surface of the whole planet is rapidly destroyed by a powerful wind, which [...]

]]> By: Mark Burgess http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-wind-from-nowhere/comment-page-1#comment-515 Mark Burgess Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:53:47 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-wind-from-nowhere/#comment-515 It seems I remember Mr. Ballard saying somewhere that he tossed this one off very quickly to "make a little money" (I'm paraphrasing that quote). It shows. Maybe that's why he disregards it? It seems I remember Mr. Ballard saying somewhere that he tossed this one off very quickly to “make a little money” (I’m paraphrasing that quote). It shows. Maybe that’s why he disregards it?

]]> By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-wind-from-nowhere/comment-page-1#comment-514 Simon Sellars Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:52:28 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-wind-from-nowhere/#comment-514 Thanks, John ... Toby's choice was noted here: http://www.ballardian.com/the-wind-from-nowhere-is-now-a-wind-from-somewhere Simon Thanks, John … Toby’s choice was noted here:
http://www.ballardian.com/the-wind-from-nowhere-is-now-a-wind-from-somewhere

Simon

]]> By: John Edge http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-the-wind-from-nowhere/comment-page-1#comment-513 John Edge Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:49:38 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/biblio-wind-from-nowhere/#comment-513 This book appeared in the Guardian on a list of "most under-rated" novels. Choice was made by Toby Litt. Toby Litt The Wind From Nowhere (1961) JG Ballard Thousands of books are undervalued by the general public. Far rarer are those undervalued by their own authors. And rarer still are those the authors dislike so much that they suppress them. Graham Greene wouldn't allow his first four novels to be reprinted. And Jeanette Winterson has done her best to turn her second novel, Boating for Beginners, into an unbook. Harder to understand is JG Ballard, who always refers to The Drowned World as his first novel, whereas it was, in fact, The Wind From Nowhere. His reluctance to admit authorship is almost certainly due to having knocked it out in a mere two weeks. But it's not a bad book - recognisably Ballardian in subject and form. Also, it stands as the first part of Ballard's Disaster Quartet. Each of these books - The Drowned World, The Drought (aka The Burning World) and The Crystal World are the others - is based on one of the four classical elements: air, water, fire and earth. By refusing to admit The Wind From Nowhere into his corpus, Ballard leaves this quartet maimed. But maybe that's the whole point. This book appeared in the Guardian on a list of “most under-rated” novels. Choice was made by Toby Litt.

Toby Litt

The Wind From Nowhere (1961)

JG Ballard

Thousands of books are undervalued by the general public. Far rarer are those undervalued by their own authors. And rarer still are those the authors dislike so much that they suppress them. Graham Greene wouldn’t allow his first four novels to be reprinted. And Jeanette Winterson has done her best to turn her second novel, Boating for Beginners, into an unbook. Harder to understand is JG Ballard, who always refers to The Drowned World as his first novel, whereas it was, in fact, The Wind From Nowhere. His reluctance to admit authorship is almost certainly due to having knocked it out in a mere two weeks. But it’s not a bad book – recognisably Ballardian in subject and form. Also, it stands as the first part of Ballard’s Disaster Quartet. Each of these books – The Drowned World, The Drought (aka The Burning World) and The Crystal World are the others – is based on one of the four classical elements: air, water, fire and earth. By refusing to admit The Wind From Nowhere into his corpus, Ballard leaves this quartet maimed. But maybe that’s the whole point.

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