The definitive cult, post-modern novel -- a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism. When our narrator smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Then he encounters Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of the expressway, who has gathered around him a collection of alienated crash victims and experiments with a series of erotic atrocities, each more sinister than the last. But Vaughan craves the ultimate crash - a head-on collision of blood, semen, engine coolant and iconic celebrity. First published in 1973 'Crash' remains one of the most shocking novels of the second half of the twentieth century and was made into an equally controversial film by David Cronenburg.

The Atrocity Exhibition is J.G. Ballard's most complex, disturbing work, with fabulous photos by Ana Barrado and artwork by Phoebe Gloeckner.

A startling and at times unsettlingly prescient collection of J.G. Ballard s greatest interviews.
J.G. Ballard was a literary giant. His novels were unique and surprising. To the journalists and admirers who sought him out, Ballard was the seer of Shepperton; his home the vantage from which he observed the rising suburban tide, part of a changing society captured and second-guessed so plausibly in his fiction.
Such acuity was not exclusive to his novels and, as this book reminds us, Ballard s restive intelligence sharpened itself in dialogue. He entertained many with insights into the world as he saw it, and speculated, often correctly, about its future. Some of these observations earned Ballard an oracular reputation, and continue to yield an uncannily accurate commentary today.
Now, for the first time, Extreme Metaphors collects the finest interviews of his career. Conversations with cultural figureheads such as Will Self, Jon Savage, Iain Sinclair and John Gray, and collaborators like David Cronenberg, are a reminder of his wit and humanity, testament to Ballard s profound worldliness as much as his otherworldly imagination. This collection is an indispensable tribute to one of recent history s most incisive and original thinkers."

This fast-paced narrative by the author of CRASH and EMPIRE OF THE SUN is a stunning evocation of a flooded, tropical London of the near future and a foray into the workings of the unconscious mind. Set in the future, Ballard imagines a world in which global warming has melted the ice-caps and primordial jungles and swamps have returned to a tropical London. As various members of an expedition to the city busy themselves with more or less futile schemes like draining Leicester Square in hope of loot, the central character Kerans moves to a strange acceptance of and assimilation by this lushly transformed world, vanishing into a final epiphany of heat and light. 'The Drowned World' is a potent, sensual mood-piece -- jewelled and unforgettable.

A prophetic and experimental masterpiece by J. G. Ballard, the acclaimed author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’. This edition includes explanatory notes from the author.

The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force.

The central character’s dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. Seeking his sanity, he casts himself in a number of roles: H-bomber pilot, presidential assassin, crash victim, psychopath. Finally, through the black, perverse magic of violence he transcends his psychic turmoil to find the key to a bizarre new sexuality.

In this revised edition, Ballard has added extensive annotation that help to unlock many of the mysteries of one of the most prophetic, enigmatic and original works of the late twentieth century.

This edition is part of a new commemorative series of Ballard’s works, featuring introductions from a number of his admirers (including Neil Gaiman, Iain Sinclair, James Lever and Ali Smith) and brand-new cover designs.

تمِ قصه‌های کابوس چهاربُعدی خود زمان است، که با بلند‌پروازی‌های تخیلِ شگفت و تکان‌دهنده و شاعرانه و جنون‌آمیز یا واقع‌بین جیمز گراهام بالارد پرداخت شده است و اسم ــ کابوس چهاربعدی ــ نیز از همین تم ناشی می‌شود: بُعد چهارم همانا بُعد زمان است. پرخاشگری و تندخوییِ قلم سرکش بالارد حدومرز نمی‌شناسد. قصه‌ها به‌خوبی قوام یافته‌اند. اکنون دیگر به‌راحتی می‌توان از فضای بالاردی، از کاراکترهای بالارد، و از زبان بالارد سخن گفت، بالاردی که به گفته‌ی برایان آلدیس «جادوگر اعظم قصه‌ی مدرن» است؛

‫رمان «دنیای بلور» اولین جلد از سه‌گانه‌ی مشهور جی.جی.بالارد درباره بحران جهانی آب است. شرایط آخر‌الزمانی و وضعیت آپوکالیپسی محور این تریلوژی است.

‫رمان «دنیای بلور» درباره جنگلی است در کنگو که کم کم تبدیل به بلور می‌شود و به اعتقاد بالارد این نشانه‌ای است از دو مسئله مهم و البته متفاوت؛ یکی نابودی خودِ جنگل و دیگری تبدیل آن به بلورهایی زیبا.

‫بالارد بر اساس همین پارادوکس و واکنش انسان به آن، رمانش را پیش می‌برد. در واقع جنگل در اثر این اتفاق (تبدیل شدن همه چیز به بلور) می‌میرد، اما این مرگ برای برخی از جمله درماندگان و بیماران لاعلاج، یک بهشت محسوب می‌شود.

دایرۀ زنان تنگ‌تر شد. نخستین شعله‌های آتش بلندشد. صدای ترق‌ترق لاک‌الکل صندلی‌های عتیقه بلندشد. زن‌ها ازپشت عینک‌های آفتابی‌شان وایلدر را خیره‌خیره نگاه می‌کردند، انگار کار سختی‌که کرده‌بودند اشتهای آنها را برانگیخته‌بود. و بعد همه‌باهم، از ته جیب‌های بزرگ پیش‌بندشان چیزی بیرون‌آوردند.
در دست‌های خون‌آلود همه‌شان کارد بود، کاردهایی با تیغه‌های باریک. اکنون وایلدر خجولانه امّا خوشبخت، تاتی‌کنان به‌راه‌افتاد تا با مادران تازه‌اش دیداری‌کند.

This mesmerizing collection demonstrates perfectly Ballard’s extraordinary writing talent. All the concentrated power and imagination that distinguish his novels are demonstrated here: the iron strength of his stories lies in the juxtaposition of a recognizable physical word with an inner, complex dream landscape.

Contents:
- Storm-bird, Storm-dreamer (1966)
- The Concentration City (1957) (variant of Build-Up )
- The Subliminal Man (1963)
- Now Wakes the Sea (1963)
- Minus One (1963)
- Mr F. is Mr F. (1961)
- Zone of Terror (1960)
- Manhole 69 (1957)
- The Impossible Man (1966)

Cover illustration by Chris Moore