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  • High-Rise

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    Coming in March 2016 from acclaimed director Ben Wheatley, a major motion picture adaptation of J. G. Ballard’s compelling and unnerving tale of what happens when life in a luxury apartment building descends into chaos, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.‘Later, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Dangerous Visions

    by Harlan Ellison, Harlan Ellison, Poul Anderson, Philip K. Dick, various authors, Samuel R. Delany, Frederik Pohl, J. G. Ballard, Robert Silverberg0, Larry Niven1, Roger Zelazny2 ...
    Series series The Dangerous Visions Series
    WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALTDubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards, Dangerous Visions returns to print in a stunning new edition perfect for new and returning fans alike.A landmark ... Read more

    $14.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Concrete Island

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    A chilling novel about our modern world, from the author of Empire of the Sun and Crash.An architect is driving home from his London offices when a blow-out sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control and crashing through the motorway barrier. When he tries to climb the embankment or flag-down a passing car for help it proves impossible – and he finds himself marooned on the concrete island. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Drowned World

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    When London is lost beneath the rising tides, unconscious desires rush to the surface in this apocalyptic tale from the author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Cocaine Nights’.Fluctuations in solar radiation have melted the ice caps, sending the planet into a new Triassic Age of unendurable heat. London is a swamp; lush tropical vegetation grows up the walls of the Ritz and primeval reptiles are sighted, swimming ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Kingdom Come

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    ‘Anticipates today’s Britain with eerie precision’ GuardianA masterpiece of fiction from J. G. Ballard, which asks could Consumerism turn into Facism?A gunman opens fire in a shopping mall. Not a terrorist, apparently, but a madman with a rifle. Or not, as he is mysteriously (and quickly) set free without charge.One of the victims is the father of Richard Pearson, unemployed advertising executive ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Masters of Science Fiction

    by Christopher Broschell, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, J. G. Ballard, Kurt Vonnegut ...
    A collection of 25 science fiction classics from some of the greatest names in the genre—Clarke, Bradbury, Bloch, Herbert, Asimov, de Camp, Anderson, Pohl, Dick, St. Clair and many others. This anthology was painstakingly pulled from the pulp magazines of the 1940s through 1960s and give a unique perspective of the time they came from. ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Crash

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    The definitive cult, post-modern novel – a shocking blend of violence, transgression and eroticism.When Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, his sense of sexual possibilities in the world around him becomes detached. As he begins an affair with the dead man's wife, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Crash

    A Novel

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    Series series
    The Definitive Cult, Postmodern Novel—a Shocking Blend of Violence, Transgression, and Eroticism—Reissued with a New Introduction from Zadie SmithWhen J. G. Ballard, our narrator, smashes his car into another and watches a man die in front of him, he finds himself drawn with increasing intensity to the mangled impacts of car crashes. Robert Vaughan, a former TV scientist turned nightmare angel of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Empire of the Sun

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    ‘Extraordinary’ Angela Carter ‘One of the great war novels of the 20th century’ William Boyd ‘A remarkable journey’ Sunday TimesThe heartrending story of a British boy’s four year ordeal in a Japanese prison camp during the Second World War.Like everything else since the war, the sky was in a state of changeBased on J. G. Ballard’s own childhood, this is the extraordinary account of a boy’s life ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobooks

  • The Drought

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    By the bestselling author of ‘Cocaine Nights’ and ‘Super-Cannes’ – the world is threatened by dramatic climate change in this highly acclaimed and influential novel.Water. Man’s most precious commodity is a luxury of the past. Radioactive waste from years of industrial dumping has caused the sea to form a protective skin strong enough to devastate the Earth it once sustained. And while the ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Complete Short Stories

    Volume 1

    by J. G. Ballard ...
    First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of Empire of the Sun, Crash, Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes.J.G. Ballard is firmly established as one of Britain’s most highly regarded and influential novelists. However, during his long career he was also a prolific writer of short stories, many of which show the germination of ideas he used in his longer fiction.This, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Atrocity Exhibition

    by J. G. Ballard, J. G. Ballard, William Burroughs ...
    First published in 1970 and widely regarded as a prophetic masterpiece, this is a groundbreaking experimental novel by the acclaimed author of ‘Crash’ and ‘Super-Cannes’.The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force.The central character’s dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD