{"product_id":"selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-9780262048323","title":"Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007","description":"\u003cb\u003eJ. G. Ballard's collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJ. G. Ballard was a colossal figure in English literature and an imaginative force of the twentieth century. Alongside seminal novels--from the notorious \u003ci\u003eCrash \u003c\/i\u003e(1973)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eto the semi-autobiographical \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun \u003c\/i\u003e(1984)--Ballard was a sought-after reviewer and commentator, publishing journalism, memoir, and cultural criticism in a variety of forms. This volume collects the most significant short nonfiction of Ballard's fifty-year career, extending the range of the only previous collection of his nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide to the Millennium\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), which selected essays and reviews published between 1962 and 1995. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA decade on from Ballard's death in 2009, a new generation of readers needs a new collection. In the period following \u003ci\u003eA User's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, Ballard's writing addressed 9\/11, British politics from New Labour onward, and what he termed \"the rise of soft fascism\"--a diagnosis that maintains its relevance amid a shift toward right populism in European and US politics. Beautifully edited by Ballard scholar and novelist Mark Blacklock, this volume includes Ballard's editorials and manifestos; commentaries on his own work; commentaries on the work of others; reviews; and more. Above all, it makes the case for the currency of Ballard's work at a contemporary juncture at which so many of his diagnoses concerning the media and politics have become apparent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Graham \"J.G.\" Ballard (1930-2009) was a British author and journalist. Best known for his dystopic works of science fiction, his novels include \u003ci\u003eCrash\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) and \u003ci\u003eHigh-Rise\u003c\/i\u003e (1975). His semi-autobiographicalnovel \u003ci\u003eEmpire of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) was adapted by Stephen Spielberg in the 1987 film of the same name. Luminous, wry, and arresting, Ballard's writing endures as a touchstone for popular conceptions of post-apocalyptic landscapes, mass media, and emergent technologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Blacklock is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of the cultural history \u003ci\u003eThe Emergence of the Fourth Dimensio\u003c\/i\u003en, and his most recent novel \u003ci\u003eHinton \u003c\/i\u003ewas longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629869863186,"sku":"9780262048323","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8cbbacfc-ca64-4328-91aa-e597f160cf1c.jpg?v=1763537957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-9780262048323","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}