{"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. \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Nonfiction of J. G. Ballard\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262048323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400","brand":"J. G. Ballard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103746031797,"sku":"9780262048323","price":28.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_24a79069-d2ac-40c5-88d1-5db2fe2402ef.jpg?v=1693279184","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/selected-nonfiction-1962-2007-9780262048323","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}