5 reviewed books
ReviewCrashConceptual Fiction, a web site created by Ted Gioia, looks at important works of science fiction, fantasy, magical realism and alternate history. In this installment, Gioia looks at Crash by J.G. Ballard→ReviewRemembering J.G. Ballard (1930-2009)Amidst a generation of British writers who wanted to shake things up—an era of avant-gardists, class conscious rebels and the so-called "Angry Young Men"—few writers shook harder than J.G. Ballard (1930-2009).→ReviewThe Atrocity ExhibitionOf all the banned and burned novels Ted Gioia has read over the years, only J.G. Ballard's The Atrocity Exhibition left him wanting to wash his hands.→ReviewThe Crystal WorldTed Gioia reads J.G. Ballard's The Crystal World as a Heart of Darkness for science fiction: a doctor in Gabon meets a jungle slowly turning into crystal.→ReviewThe Drowned WorldThe Drowned World is Ballard's best written sci-fi novel, and an excellent entry point into his oeuvre for those who care about plot, narrative arc, motivation and those other stalwart yeomen often missing in action in his other outings.→