1st/1st Printing COMPLETE STORIES J.G. Ballard CLASSIC Magnum Opus MODERN Sci Fi
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All the books we auction are unique, rare and scarce . Most are 1 st Editions or early copies. We deal with books, ideas and writers of substance. Why pay $30 for a new book with no real value intellectually, spiritually or financially — when you can hold a true literary treasure. The Complete Stories by J.G. Ballard Introduction by Martin Amis 1st Edition 1st Printing $35.00 on DJ Illustrated by Frontispiece Photo Norton, 2009. VG++. Mild edge wear and flaws. Interior clean, tight and bright. A collectible copy.James Graham "J. G." Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction. His best-known books are Crash (1973), adapted into a film by David Cronenberg, and the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun (1984), made into a film by Steven Spielberg, based on Ballard's boyhood in the Shanghai International Settlement and internment by the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War.The literary distinctiveness of his work has given rise to the adjective "Ballardian", defined by the Collins English Dictionary as "resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard’s novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or
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