J. G. Ballard (Paperback)

Prophetic short stories and apocalyptic novels like The Crystal World made J. G. Ballard a foundational figure in the British New Wave. Rejecting the science fiction of rockets and aliens, he explored an inner space of humanity informed by psychiatry and biology and shaped by surrealism. Later in his career, Ballard's combustible plots and violent imagery spurred controversy--even legal action--while his autobiographical 1984 war novel Empire of the Sun brought him fame. D. Harlan Wilson offers the first career-spanning analysis of an author who helped steer SF in new, if startling, directions. Here was a writer committed to moral ambiguity, one who drowned the world and erected a London high-rise doomed to descend into savagery--and coolly picked apart the characters trapped within each story. Wilson also examines Ballard's methods, his influence on cyberpunk, and the ways his fiction operates within the sphere of our larger culture and within SF itself.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Modern Masters of Science Fiction
Release date:	November 2017
Authors:	D. Harlan Wilson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	214
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-08295-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Biography > Literary Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-252-08295-8
Barcode:	9780252082955

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