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    Jul 16, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  1. The Reading Life: J.G. Ballard's stormy weather

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    David L. Ulin reflects on "The Drowned World" by JG Ballard, out in a new 50th anniversary edition....
    2. Jul 24, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Book Review: 'Millennium People' by J.G. Ballard

    When J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-dead but also dangerous — where beneath a surface layer of conformity we find ugliness and rage. It's easy, in an age of workplace violence and school shootings, to take such a vision for granted; what Ballard is reflecting back at us is the essence of ourselves. But when he first explored these concepts in the 1960s, it was a departure as radical in its way as any of that era.
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    When J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-...

    Tags: Psychologists, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Juvenile Delinquency, Psychology

    3. Aug 7, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Review: 'My American Unhappiness' by Dean Bakopoulos

    My American Unhappiness
    Los Angeles Times
    My American Unhappiness A Novel Dean Bakopoulos Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 277 pp., $24 Whichever way you turn, beacons of American inauthenticity and political dysfunction are all around you, clamoring for your head space, your dollars, your...

    Tags: Noah Baumbach, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Starbucks Corp., Minority Groups, Television

    4. Jul 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Carmageddon reading list: 19 books about the joys and terrors of transportation

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    Carmaggedon: your 19-book reading list. Hope it's enough to keep you busy while stuck in traffic....
    5. May 22, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Summer reading: Fiction, poetry

    Busy Monsters William Giraldi W.W. Norton: $24.95 When a mediocre writer's bride-to-be leaves him to search for a legendary giant squid, he treks across the continent seeking counsel from nefarious creatures on how to win back her affections. (August)...

    Tags: Crimes, Baghdad (Iraq), Ralph Ellison, Murder, World War II (1939-1945)

    6. May 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  6. Album review: Moby's 'Destroyed'

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    In his liner notes, Moby states that foreign cities, late at night when he struggled with insomnia, provided the perfect backdrop for the creation of “Destroyed.” It’s easy to picture: the musician, alone in the sterile hotel rooms of...
    7. Dec 6, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Surreal worlds of J.G. Ballard, 'Armitage Family Stories' and more

    1Comfortably over a thousand pages, "The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard" <em style="b">"The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard" </em>(Norton: 1,216 pp., $35) isn't just a doorstop but the door itself, a portal to the worlds that Ballard (who died this year) hatched in his fictions. In the relentless consumer society of "The Subliminal Man," a giant ad is vandalized and revealed to be flashing the words "BUY NOW BUY NOW BUY NOW BUY NOW BUY NEW CAR NOW NEW CAR NOW NEW CAR NOW," followed by "YES" 10 times in a row. In the surreal "Vermilion Sands," artists make singing sculptures and poets plug commands into a Verse-Transcriber.
    1Comfortably over a thousand pages, "The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard" "The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard" (Norton: 1,216 pp., $35) isn't just a doorstop but the door itself, a portal to the worlds that Ballard (who died this year) hatched in his...

    Tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Cheever, Vehicles, Family, Entertainment

    8. Jun 14, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. J.G. Ballard had a secret archive after all

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    When asked, author J.G. Ballard told interviewers that he had no papers to be donated. "There are no Ballard archives," he said plainly in 1982. "I never keep letters, reviews, research materials. Every page is a fresh start." Now we......
    9. Aug 9, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Siren's Call: A talk with Michael Moorcock

    <i>Where do you begin with Michael Moorcock? His career and background range as far and wide as his characters do across the multiverse. Novelist, short story writer, editor (of New Worlds and other publications), journalist, <a href="http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Moorcock,%20Michael/a/Michael%20Moorcock.htm ">musician</a> -- and, in the case of this column, a very gracious interviewee. His detailed answers below, like those found on his website, <a href="http://www.multiverse.org/">Moorcock's Miscellany</a>, seem designed to help enthusiasts and scholars alike to a better understanding of his multiverse.</i>
    Where do you begin with Michael Moorcock? His career and background range as far and wide as his characters do across the multiverse. Novelist, short story writer, editor (of New Worlds and other publications), journalist, musician -- and, in the case...

    Tags: Crimes, Death, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction (genre), England

    10. Jun 7, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Pop Apocalypse' by Lee Konstantinou

    Pop Apocalypse A Possible Satire Lee Konstantinou Harper Perennial: 292 pp., $13.99 paper It doesn't take a paranoid mind to fret over our state of hyper-marketing. Every Gatorade we buy at Vons, every Bed Bath & Beyond card we've registered for,...

    Tags: Crimes, Marketing, Mel Brooks, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Arts and Culture

    11. Oct 11, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. 'The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard'

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    The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard J.G. Ballard W.W. Norton: 1,200 pp., $35 Readers anxious about reading "The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard" -- now appearing in the U.S. for the first time -- may care to approach it in the form of a simple...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Crimes, John F. Kennedy, Death, Psychiatry

    12. Jun 21, 2006 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Don't drive, won't drive

    Special to the Times
    I'M an English guy who's been in L.A. for 16 years. I work here. My children were born here. And still I don't drive. Some people find this … puzzling. "But why?" they ask. "Why don't you drive?" "I'm really not sure," I say. "I've spent thousands of...

    Tags: Walt Whitman, Automotive Equipment, Death, Travel, Vehicles

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