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His dark, perverse fiction is unforgettable. But the author of "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun" was also a visionary who mapped the collision of culture and technology, media and desire.
The ovation that accompanied J.G. Ballard's departure was fully deserved. ... J.G. Ballard didn't have to daydream about cataclysm, though; as a teenager he lived ...
By Simon Reynolds
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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The final journals of Beat legend William S. Burroughs reveal the kinder, gentler last days of an "evil old man."
J.G. Ballard on William S. Burroughs' naked truth. Of the many authors who have acknowledged Burroughs' influence, few have been as unflinching ...
By Gary Kamiya
Friday, February 25, 2000
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Although its popularity is unparalleled, intellectuals still question the literary stature of "The Lord of the Rings." Now, one scholar defends it as a modern masterpiece. Second of two parts.
Sichuan buttons: The flowers that electrocute your mouth "Voodoo Histories": When smart ... Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin, J.G. Ballard, Samuel R. Delany and various others. ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Tuesday, June 5, 2001
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The unlimited dreams of J.G. Ballard. His dark, perverse fiction is unforgettable. But the author of "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun" was also ...
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The worst books of 1998
J.G. Ballard, who has a weakness for lunatics with Really Big Ideas, outdid himself in "Cocaine Nights" (Counterpoint). Charles Prentice goes ...
By Salon contributors
Thursday, December 24, 1998
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Remembering J.G. Ballard, 1930-2009. The visionary writer has passed away at age 78. This entry from "The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary ...
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Andy Warhol, ultimate icon of pop, made painting an orgy and pornography an art form. But you'll never guess what he did between the sheets.
Remember the illegal destruction of Iraq? Justice Alito's conduct and ... "Silver Car Crash" may just qualify as pornography within the J.G. Ballard set. ...
By Jonathon Keats
Friday, September 28, 2001
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This apocalypse flick from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland offers astonishing images of Britain devastated by plague-ridden zombies. But it lacks the maniacal airlessness of the "Living Dead" series it rips off.
This apocalypse flick from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland offers ... dystopian sci-fi novels of J.G. Ballard and John Wyndham as influences, and ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Friday, June 27, 2003
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The end time is upon us: Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey is about to administer the coup de grbce to Western civilization.
J.G. Ballard called it "compulsory reading," and referred to the anthology as "an extraordinary collection unlike anything I have ever encountered. ...
By Stephen Lemons
Wednesday, September 20, 2000
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Scott McLemee reviews 'Fragments: Cool Memories III, 1991-1995' by Jean Baudrillard
"Marry Him's" Lori Gottlieb: Settling and the single girl. Presidential ... with much the same attitude that J.G. Ballard's characters brought to automobiles. ...
By Scott McLemee
Monday, December 1, 1997
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Atom Egoyan's follow-up to "The Sweet Hereafter" is a dank and claustrophobic thriller.
The autism-vaccine lie that won't die. Welcome, Tell us what you think " ... and his version of J.G. Ballard's "Crash," while problematic on many levels, had ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Friday, November 19, 1999
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Britain's press mourns the dazzling talents of Gianni Versace the man who gave them celebrity Page Three girls.
Susan Collins spreads central myth about the Constitution. Finally, ... where Amis, Nick Hornby, Doris Lessing, J.G. Ballard and the Sunday Times regularly sing ...
By Andrew Brown
Wednesday, July 16, 1997
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William Gibson has been hailed as a prophet and a futurist, but his eye is on the present moment. He talks to Salon about virtual readings, emerging technology and his new novel -- set in 2006.
What the Supreme Court got right. Welcome, Tell us what you think " ... Those memorials made me think of J.G. Ballard's "Crash," or the death and celebrity ...
By Dennis Lim
Saturday, August 11, 2007
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In this Pynchonesque tale of technocracy in the Clinton years, two rival physicists working in a weapons lab play footsie with the apocalypse.
Scholz may remind readers of Thomas Pynchon at some moments and J.G. Ballard at others. " Radiance" is not science fiction but an argument that ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Thursday, February 21, 2002
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This feverish blast of filmmaking is a brutal look at the violent heart of Mexico City -- and a breakthrough work of Mexican cinema.
On the claimed "war exception" to the Constitution. O'Reilly, Stewart ... degenerates into an urban nightmare worthy of David Cronenberg or J.G. Ballard. ...
By Andrew O'Hehir
Friday, March 30, 2001
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Filmmaker Chuck Workman on "The Source," his fawning tribute to the Beat generation.
"Marry Him's" Lori Gottlieb: Settling and the single girl. Presidential ... Scott RosenbergWednesday, Dec 31, 1969. J.G. Ballard on William Burroughs' naked truth ...
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
Wednesday, June 2, 1999
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David Cronenberg on the dislocating experience of watching "Existenz," modernist moviemaking and technology as an extension of the human body.
His NC-17 adaptation of the 1973 J.G. Ballard novel debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and provoked sharply divided (and very public) opinions ...
By Alan E. Rapp
Thursday, April 29, 1999
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David Cronenberg's "Crash" hypnotically explores the intersection between sex and death.
On the claimed "war exception" to the Constitution. The lynch-mob ... attracted to this story, based on a book by J.G. Ballard. One of Ballard's creations is a ...
By Robin Dougherty
Monday, April 21, 1997
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Encounters on an Asian odyssey heal a broken heart.
I climbed into lagoons, drank pineapple shakes and read J.G. Ballard. I was traveling solo again, and the ghost of Samantha was making only the occasional visit. ...
By Reuben Maness
Friday, June 4, 1999
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Fun books don't have to be dumb. Our editors recommend a tote-bag-full of smart beach reads.
"Marry Him's" Lori Gottlieb: Settling and the single girl. Presidential ... and narrative nonfiction by J.G. Ballard, Albert Camus, Jamaica Kincaid, Vladimir ...
Wednesday, June 14, 2000
