Comments on: J.G. Ballard Bibliography

By: internet person

internet person — Sat, 28 May 2011 00:18:44 +0000

Is there a list of translations of Ballard’s books available anywhere? Thanks!

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By: R J Dent

R J Dent — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:50:03 +0000

The Kindness of Women is a novel – a sequel to Empire of the Sun – which was also a novel. J G Ballard has only ever written one book-length autobiography: Miracles of Life.

By: elbundlo

elbundlo — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:16:50 +0000

I notice you have included ‘The kindness of women’ as fiction. Surely this is a mistake as it is obviously another autobiography.

Keep up the good work!

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:52:47 +0000

Ha! That’s hilarious Pearl/Anonymous! Ballard, with respect to science fiction, is one of the leading writers of the genre. He pushed the envelope of sci fi from the physical into the psychological. Certainly he’s challenging – particularly with works like Crash, but he always has something interesting to say. When I compare him to earlier writers such as Asimov or Bradbury (both of whom I enjoy) his books are more complex and arguably more relevent to the modern experience.

Nice website by the way! Keep up the good work.

By: Rolando

Rolando — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:18:39 +0000

I like Ballard´s writtings, even if some people feel they are insane.
My be I like the insane travels into the mind.
The short stories I like to re-read are: “Passport to Eternity”, “Billenium” “Thirteen to Centauri” and the novel “The Drowned world”. I think this last novel is a kind of utopia.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:58:05 +0000

if yours is ‘good’ taste, i’d rather have it ‘bad’.

as for the way you write english, it says it all about the way you must read it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:45:53 +0000

I was not talking about Ballard as a XIXth century writer. I would say that Ballard is a bad taste writer and some times infantile, ridiculous and absurd because during the second half of the XXth century literature has degenerate and Ballard is a clear proof of that.
Of course I´m not agree about the detestable censure of the XIXth century.
But I think the literature of the XIXth century is the best literature of all history.
And I don´t like Ballard´s literature because his books (not all his books) are insane. But it´s just my opinion.
I like Harold Pinter, V.S. Naipaul, Robert Graves… and other english modern writers.

By: TimC

TimC — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:41:46 +0000

Come on, Simon – that’s funny! I suspect our MR B would be charmed to be called ‘very psychopath’.

I’m now intrigued by the thought of a XIXth century Ballard – ‘Low-Flying Airships’, perhaps. Or the dystopian psychoarchitectonics of ‘Terrace’. I’ve been reading too many Bryan Talbot comics…

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 10:51:32 +0000

For f***’s sake…maybe i should start moderating comments.

By: Perel

Perel — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:31:50 +0000

Ballard will never be a Giant or a Colossus of the fantastic (as H.G. Wells, Maupassant, etc…) because he is very psychopath and a bad taste writer.
Probably if he were born during the XIX century he would be a great writer but he is another mad writer.

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:10:07 +0000

I don’t know if I will, Tim. This was exhausting enough as it is…maybe after I get some sleep.

By: TimC

TimC — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:55:51 +0000

Are you going to add details of all the short story collections? I know it can be hellishly confusing (with some collections being slightly revised and republished under different titles) but it would be a useful addition, especially for those of us who still find these things at secondhand shops. The Re/Search book has full details of what was published when and in what variations.