{"product_id":"deep-ends-the-j-g-ballard-anthology-2014-hardcover","title":"Deep Ends: The J.G. Ballard Anthology 2014 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing \u003cstrong\u003eDeep Ends: The J.G. Ballard Anthology 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e, a 200-page, full-size, full-colour collection of work by and about J.G. Ballard. \u003cstrong\u003eDeep Ends\u003c\/strong\u003e features an ultra-rare 1980 prose-poem by JGB called \u003cem\u003eCrystal of the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, discovered as the Foreword to an obscure Japanese photo book, plus previously-unpublished articles by \u003cstrong\u003eBea Ballard\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eIain Sinclair\u003c\/strong\u003e, plus a long and extraordinary interview with \u003cstrong\u003eFay Ballard\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Pringle\u003c\/strong\u003e. But wait, there's more! The book's contents include: - \u003cstrong\u003eJ.G. Ballard's\u003c\/strong\u003e symbolic essay, \"Crystal of the Sea\" - \u003cstrong\u003eBea Ballard's\u003c\/strong\u003e heartfelt homage: \"Miracle Father\" -\u003cstrong\u003e David Pringle's\u003c\/strong\u003e great interview: \"Memories of Life: Conversation with Fay Ballard\" - \u003cstrong\u003eAna Barrado's\u003c\/strong\u003e highly Ballardian photos of south Florida: \"Neotropic Cyphers\" - \u003cstrong\u003eRaymond Tait's\u003c\/strong\u003e fascinating history: \"J.G. Ballard at The Leys School, Cambridge, 1946 to 1949\" - \u003cstrong\u003eMike Bonsall's\u003c\/strong\u003e imaginative journey: \"Mind-Mapping The Terminal Beach\" - \u003cstrong\u003eD. Harlan Wilson's\u003c\/strong\u003e rather unbelievable essay: \"Geometry of Mourning\" - \u003cstrong\u003eRussell Cuzner's\u003c\/strong\u003e interview with\u003cstrong\u003e Andy Sharp of English Heretic\u003c\/strong\u003e about JGB's use of magic. - Umberto Rossi's analysis of \"War Fever\" and \"Theatre of War\", called \"Is the War Inside Your Mind?\" - Mike Holliday's \"J.G. Ballard and the Vicissitudes of Time\" examines \"News From the Sun\", \"Memories of the Space Age\" and \"Myths of the near Future\" - Lawrence Russell recalls creating 30-minute radio plays of \"The Dead Astronaut\" and \"Question of Re-Entry\" for the CBC in his remembrance \"Brain Scan of a Dead Script Writer\" - Paul Green offers a reverie of his favourite JGB short story in \"Dreaming of the Towers\" - Dominika Oramus fuses Ballard and Baudrillard in her topical essay, \"War on Satellite TV in the Stories of J.G. Ballard\" - Pippa Tandy does film analysis in \"Personal Mythologies: An Account of James Runcie's 'Shanghai Jim'\" - Bernard Sigaud goes fetishistic in \"Piping Hot and Softly Blowing\" - Feroze Alam imagines Balard in nine paintings: \"Landscapes of the Dream\" - Iain Sinclair gives us a geographic history of a life-size Ballard cut-out, complete with many photos, in his quite entertaining psycho-essay, \"Thin Man Walking\" - Christopher Cokinos gives us his book review of \"A User's Guide to the Millennium\" in \"Book Review, Meet J.G. Ballard\" - Rick McGrath talks JGB and movies with filmmaker Solveig Nordlund - Dan Mitchell shows us ]his surreal poster: \"Zodiac Hilton\" - Pedro Groppo delves into the cinematic deep with \"Toy Planes, Home and Hearth: Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun\" - Peter Brigg goes to the bottom of \"The Drowned World\" - Christopher Cokinos is very funny with his Ballardian pastiche, \"Why I Want to Fuck Rupert Murdoch\" - Umberto Rossi lists them all in the \"J.G. Ballard Secondary Bibliography\" The book also features five \"Advertiser's Announcements\" -- ersatz copies of the five famous \"Atrocity Exhibition\" advertisements Ballard made for Ambit magazine -- created by Will Shutes of the Test Centre and Traven T. Crowes. \"Deep Ends\" also, for the first time, features content from three Ballards at once. Plus the opportunity to read a new Ballard essay uncovered only last year. It's an amazing collection from a collection of amazing writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53062675562803,"sku":"9780991866540","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/rmU5JEl3si9780991866540.webp?v=1771442011","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/deep-ends-the-j-g-ballard-anthology-2014-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}