When I read JG Ballard, I go into a particular kind of trance. The effect of his books isn't comparable to those of any other writer. His prose, right from the beginning, has a mesmerising pace, ...

This new biography has done a great writer a disservice By Edmund Gordon W hen JG Ballard died in 2009, aged 78, the broad outlines of his life were well known. He had published two autobiographical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JG Ballard pictured at his home in 1988. The sci-fi writer’s novels were inspired by his very unusual upbringing - David ...

Whenever an artist whose work(s) you enjoyed, or whose brilliance you once saw on show dies, a part of you dies, especially if the dead artist was younger.

The novelist and short story writer J.G. Ballard, is known for conjuring warped and reimagined versions of the world he occupied. Dealing with strange exaggerations of realities and often detailing ...