J.G. Ballard: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
John Baxter, The Inner Man: The Life of J.G. Ballard (2011), an unauthorized biography, drew scorn for being neither objective nor scholarly. Works that treat Ballard’s writing include Peter Brigg, J.G. Ballard (1985); Roger Luckhurst, The Angle Between Two Walls: The Fiction of J.G. Ballard (1997); Andrzej Gasiorek, J.G. Ballard (2005); and Jeannette Baxter (ed.), J.G. Ballard (2008).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: BBC - Great Lives - John Gray on JG Ballard. | Oct 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Radio National - The Book Show - JG Ballard's autobiography (review). | Feb 21, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MIT Press Reader - J.G. Ballard: My Favorite Books. | Apr 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Great Lives - John Gray on JG Ballard. | Mar 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bea Ballard - J.G. Ballard Estate. | Jan 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Mythographers of the Catastrophe: J. G. Ballard, the?New Wave,?and Mythic Science Fiction. | Oct 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Independent - J.G. Ballard: Writer whose dystopian visions helped shape our view of the modern world. | Aug 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Who was JG Ballard? Don't ask his first biographer. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Jan 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Library - J G Ballard. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - J. G. Ballard. | Mar 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Council - Literature - J. G. Ballard. | Feb 03, 2023 | ||
| Noted the release of the film High-Rise (2015). | May 11, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Independent - J.G. Ballard: Writer Whose Dystopian Visions Helped Shape Our View of The Modern World. | Oct 20, 2015 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 10, 2012 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Nov 28, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of J. G. Ballard. | Oct 02, 2011 | ||
| He died in London, England. | Apr 30, 2009 | ||
| Date of death added. | Apr 19, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 23, 2009 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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