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J G BALLARD: A COLLECTORS’ GUIDE

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NON-FICTION BOOKS

A USER'S GUIDE TO THE MILLENNIUM

A collection of Ballard's non-fiction, which contained ninety separate items - reviews of books, editorial commentaries, films reviews, etc. First published in hardback in the U.K. by HarperCollins in 1996; a hardback U.S. edition followed from Picador in the same year.

HarperCollins, 1996

Picador, 1996

MIRACLES OF LIFE: SHANGHAI TO SHEPPERTON

Ballard's autobiography, published as a hardback in the U.K. in early 2008. The London booksellers Waterstones brought out a signed edition in a slipcase, limited to 1,000 copies. The book itself is identical to the normal edition, except for the addition of a numbered and signed limitation page. A US edition was published by Norton in 2013.

Fourth Estate, 2008

Waterstones limited edition, 2008

Norton, 2013

EXTREME METAPHORS: INTERVIEWS WITH J G BALLARD 1967-2008

A collection of 44 of Ballard’s best interviews, edited by Simon Sellars and Dan O’Hara.

Fourth Estate, 2012

J. G. BALLARD: SELECTED NONFICTION 1962-2007

A new collection of Ballard’s non-fiction, well-organised by Mark Blacklock, and including numerous reviews and articles detailing Ballard’s obsessions over the last 15 or so years of his life.

MIT Press, 2023