{"product_id":"9780991866519","title":"The JG Ballard Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eIntroducing \u003cstrong\u003eThe JG Ballard Book\u003c\/strong\u003e, an oversized collection of articles, ideas, interviews, insights and a travelogue... as well as uniquely featuring hi-rez reproductions of over 60 pages of handwritten and typed letters from JG Ballard himself. The JG Ballard Book is 192 (count 'em) full-colour large format pages of fun and fascinating insights into \"The Seer of Shepperton\" -- his life, his work and his planar intersections. The JG Ballard Book features contributions from some well-known denizens of the Ballardian universe: \u003cstrong\u003eToby Litt \u003c\/strong\u003esuggests Ballard's political ideology may be as inverted as his plots; \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Pringle\u003c\/strong\u003e offers up his thoughtful 1984 interview, \"JG Ballard: Psychoanalyst of the Electronic Age\"; \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Bonsall\u003c\/strong\u003e cuts it open with \"JG Ballard in the Dissecting Room\"; \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Holliday\u003c\/strong\u003e stitches together all the disconnected \u003cem\u003eAtrocity Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e bits in \"Desperate Measures: A History of \u003cem\u003eThe Atrocity Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e\"; seminal Ballard bibliographer \u003cstrong\u003eJames Goddard\u003c\/strong\u003e contributes actual Ballard documents from his extensive collection,\u003cu\u003e a total of 56 pages of Ballard's handwritten text, interview corrections, lists and more from JGB's intense and experimental late 1960s and 1970s\u003c\/u\u003e;\u003cstrong\u003e Rick Poynor\u003c\/strong\u003e paints a picture of how Ballard has been treated by the visual media in \"What Does JG Ballard Look Like?\"; \u003cstrong\u003eSam Francis\u003c\/strong\u003e, fresh from his acclaimed study, \u003cem\u003eThe Psychological Fictions of JG Ballard\u003c\/em\u003e, amuses us with an unpublished 2005 Ballard interview; Prof \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Brigg\u003c\/strong\u003e clocks in with \"JG Ballard: Time Out of Mind\"; \u003cstrong\u003eJordi Costa\u003c\/strong\u003e, the creative force behind the JGB exhibition in Barcelona, takes a big screen look with \"Ballardoscope: Some Attempts at Approaching the Writer as a Visionary\"; \u003cstrong\u003ePaul A. Green\u003c\/strong\u003e amazingly paints a pure Ballard pastiche with \"The Impossibility Exhibition\"; and \u003cstrong\u003eRick McGrath\u003c\/strong\u003e re-imagines his 2007 journey to Shanghai to visit the few remains of JG Ballard's youth in the \"wicked city\", with \u003cu\u003eoriginal letters, maps and drawings by Ballard\u003c\/u\u003e. The book features original cover art by \u003cstrong\u003eLuca del Baldo\u003c\/strong\u003e and 10 delicious photographs by\u003cstrong\u003e Ana Barrado\u003c\/strong\u003e. The JG Ballard Book is a large format, full-colour, must-have collection for any Ballard fan!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richard McGrath","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48388184506608,"sku":"9780991866519","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780991866519_p0.jpg?v=1768408873","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780991866519","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}