{"product_id":"selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-9780262553940","title":"Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007","description":"\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":51734820061458,"sku":"9780262553940","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d3b857f5-8d81-459c-bdf8-7f4de36f862f.jpg?v=1763488360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-9780262553940","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}