TY - ABST T1 - Kingdom Come Y1 - 2006 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Contemporary dystopia of consumerism focused on a large mall in the suburbs and the violence and racism that surrounds it.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Super-Cannes Y1 - 2000 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Corporate dystopia.

PB - Flamingo CY - London N1 -

U.S. ed. New York: Picador, 2000.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Largest Theme Park in the World Y1 - 1989 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Satire on European union. When the single currency is created all Europeans move to the Mediterranean resorts and refuse to return until non-Europeans start to move in to their abandoned properties.

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Rpt. in his War Fever (London: William Collins Sons, 1990), 73-80; and in his The Complete Short Stories (London: Flamingo, 2001), 1139-44. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Love in a Colder Climate" Y1 - 1989 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

As a result of the AIDS epidemic, sex is made compulsory as part of national service for virgins.

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Rpt. as “Love in a Cold Climate.” Observer Magazine (July 16, 1989): 36-37, 39, 40; as “Love in a Colder Climate.” In his War Fever (London: Collins, 1990): 65-72; and in The Complete Short Stories (London: Flamingo, 2001), 1124-38.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - Hello America Y1 - 1981 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia. The United States had collapsed in the past and an expedition of rediscovery finds it inhabited with a wide variety of dystopian societies.

PB - Jonathan Cape CY - London N1 -

U.S. ed. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1988.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Unlimited Dream Company Y1 - 1979 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Mostly fantasy but the setting has utopian elements.

PB - Jonathan Cape CY - London U5 -

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Motel Architecture" Y1 - 1978 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia where everyone lives isolated from each other. Machines do most work, with TV repair one exception.

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Rpt. in his Myths of the Near Future (London: Jonathan Cape, 1982), 178-94; and in his The Complete Short Stories (London: Flamingo, 2001), 989-99.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Intensive Care Unit" Y1 - 1977 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia where all live isolated, meeting in person is illegal, with meetings of families particularly prohibited, and all communication is by television. The story focuses on a man who chooses to meet his wife and children in person, and they kill each other.

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Rpt. in his Myths of the Near Future (London: Jonathan Cape, 1982), 195-205; in his The Complete Short Stories. (London: Flamingo, 2001), 946-52; and in a separately paged section entitled “P.S. Ideas, interviews & features . . .” (1-18) at the end of the reprint of his High-Rise (London: Harper Perennial, 2006), 2-10. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - High-Rise Y1 - 1975 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia of violence within an apartment block.

PB - Jonathan Cape CY - London N1 -

Rpt. London: Harper Perennial, 2006 with an added, separately paged section at the end entitled "P.S. Ideas, interviews & features . . ." (1-18), which includes 1977 Ballard (2-10).

ER - TY - ABST T1 - Crash Y1 - 1973 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia--sex and technology.

PB - Jonathan Cape CY - London N1 -

Rpt. London: Triad/Panther, 1985. This ed. includes Ballard's "Introduction to the French Edition of Crash (1974)" (5-9). U.S. ed. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Atrocity Exhibition Y1 - 1969 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Wide-ranging dystopia with the violence of the contemporary world the primary focus.

PB - Jonathan Cape. CY - London N1 -

Rpt. St. Albans, Eng.: Triad/Panther, 1979. The first U.S. ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970, was suppressed and destroyed. The first existing U.S. ed. U.S. ed. as Love and Napalm: Export U.S.A. New York: Grove Press, 1972. Parts originally published between 1966 and 1969 as “The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race.” Ambit, no. 29 (1966): 3-4, rpt. in New Worlds SF 50.171 (March 1967): 119-21, rpt. in England Swings SF: Stories of speculative fiction. Ed. Judith Merril (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968), 393-95; and in his The Complete Short Stories London: Flamingo, 2001), 720-21; “The Atrocity Exhibition.” New Worlds SF 50.166 (September 1966): 91-102; “The Assassination Weapon.” New Worlds SF 49.161 (April 1966): 4-12; “You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe.” Ambit, no. 27 (1966): 3-6, rpt. in New Worlds SF 50.163 (June 1966): 66-71; “You and Me and the Continuum.” Impulse 1.1 (March 1966): 53-60;  rpt. in England Swings SF: Stories of speculative fiction. Ed. Judith Merril (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968), 95-102; “Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy.” Ambit, no. 31 (Spring 1967): 9-11; rpt. in England Swings SF: Stories of speculative fiction. Ed. Judith Merril (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968), 397-401, with a note on the reaction to it on pp. 402-06; “Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown.” Originally published as “The Death Module.” New Worlds 51.173 (July 1967): 20-25; “Love and Napalm: Export USA.” Circuit, no. 6 (June 1968): 55-57; “The Generations of America.” New Worlds, no 183 (October 1968): 13-14; “The University of Death.” The Transatlantic Review, no. 29 (Summer 1968): 68-79; “Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan.” International Times (1968), rpt. Brighton, Eng.: Unicorn Bookshop, 1968, and London: Plasnet 1988; and in his The Complete Short Stories London: Flamingo, 2001), 757-59; “The Great American Nude.” Ambit, no. 36 (Summer 1968): 39-43; “Crash!” ICA Eventsheet (February 1969); “The Summer Cannibals.” New Worlds, no. 186 (January 1969): 19-23; and “Tolerances of the Human Face.” Encounter 33.3 (September 1969). New rev. ed. with annotations by the author and four additional stories. San Francisco, CA: RE/SEARCH Publications, 1990. The new stories were previously published as “Princess Margaret’s Facelift.” New Worlds, no. 199 (March 1970): 8-; “Mae West's Reduction Mammoplasty.” Ambit, no. 44 (Summer 1970): 9-11; “Queen Elizabeth's Rhinoplasty.” Triquarterly, no. 351 (Winter 1976): 18-20 [Omitted from all U.K. editions]; and "The Secret History of World War 3." Ambit, no. 114 (Autumn 1988): 2-9. The book was first published in Danish translation as Grusomhedsudstillingen. Rhodes, 1969. Rpt. St. Albans, Eng.: Triad/Panther, 1979. The first U.S. ed. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970, was suppressed and destroyed. The first existing U.S. ed. U.S. ed. as Love and Napalm: Export U.S.A. New York: Grove Press, 1972. Parts originally published between 1966 and 1969 as “The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race.” Ambit, no. 29 (1966): 3-4, rpt. in New Worlds SF 50.171 (March 1967): 119-21, rpt. in England Swings SF: Stories of speculative fiction. Ed. Judith Merril (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968), 393-95; and in his The Complete Short Stories London: Flamingo, 2001), 720-21; “The Atrocity Exhibition.” New Worlds SF 50.166 (September 1966): 91-102; “The Assassination Weapon.” New Worlds SF 49.161 (April 1966): 4-12; “You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe.” Ambit, no. 27 (1966): 3-6, rpt. in New Worlds SF 50.163 (June 1966): 66-71; “You and Me and the Continuum.” Impulse 1.1 (March 1966): 53-;  rpt. in England Swings SF: Stories of speculative fiction. Ed. Judith Merril (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968), 95-102; “Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy.” Ambit, no. 31 (Spring 1967): 9-11; rpt. in England Swings SF: Stories of speculative fiction. Ed. Judith Merril (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968), 397-401, with a note on the reaction to it on pp. 402-06; “Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown.” Originally published as “The Death Module.” New Worlds 51.173 (July 1967): 20-25; “Love and Napalm: Export USA.” Circuit, no. 6 (June 1968): 55-57; “The Generations of America.” New Worlds, no 183 (October 1968): 13-14; “The University of Death.” The Transatlantic Review, no. 29 (Summer 1968): 68-79; “Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan.” International Times (1968) [Not Found}, rpt. Brighton, Eng.: Unicorn Bookshop, 1968, and London: Plasnet 1988; and in his The Complete Short Stories London: Flamingo, 2001), 757-59; “The Great American Nude.” Ambit, no. 36 (Summer 1968): 39-43; “Crash!” ICA Eventsheet (February 1969); “The Summer Cannibals.” New Worlds, no. 186 (January 1969): 19-23; and “Tolerances of the Human Face.” Encounter 33.3 (September 1969). New rev. ed. with annotations by the author and four additional stories. San Francisco, CA: RE/SEARCH Publications, 1990. The new stories were previously published as “Princess Margaret’s Facelift.” New Worlds, no. 199 (March 1970): 8-; “Mae West's Reduction Mammoplasty.” Ambit, no. 44 (Summer 1970): 9-11; “Queen Elizabeth's Rhinoplasty.” Triquarterly, no. 351 (Winter 1976): 18-20 [Omitted from all U.K. editions]; and "The Secret History of World War 3." Ambit, no. 114 (Autumn 1988): 2-9. The book was first published in Danish translation as Grusomhedsudstillingen. Rhodes, 1969. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Burning World Y1 - 1964 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Climate-change dystopia.

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Better known in an expanded version as The Drought. London: Cape, 1965. Rpt. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968. 

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Better known in an expanded version as The Drought. London: Cape, 1965. Rpt. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968. 

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Subliminal Man" Y1 - 1963 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia in which subliminal advertising makes the population continually consume.

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Rpt. in In his The Disaster Area (London: Jonathan Cape, 1967), 58-80; in Eco-Fiction. Ed. John Stadler (New York: Washington Square Press/Pocket Books, 1971), 158-77; in Earth In Transit: Science Fiction and Contemporary Problems. Ed. Sheila Schwartz (New York: Dell, 1976), 213-30; in Tomorrow, Inc. SF Stories About Big Business. Ed. Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander (New York: Taplinger, 1976), 117-34; in The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978), 171-88; and in his The Complete Short Stories (London: Flamingo, 2001), 412-35.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Cage of Sand" Y1 - 1962 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Post-catastrophe dystopia where Florida is now. Mostly sand dunes, and people trying to live there are captured by wardens.

JF - New Worlds Science Fiction (London) VL - 40.119 N1 -

Rpt. in The Ruins of Earth: An Anthology of Stories of the Immediate Future. Ed. Thomas M[ichael] Disch (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971), 137-59; and in his The Complete Short Stories (London: Flamingo, 2001), 355-72.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - The Drowned World Y1 - 1962 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

A Ballardian version of a climate change/global warming dystopia set in 2145 in a tropical, abandoned, and flooded London.

PB - Berkley Medallion CY - New York N1 -

U.S. ed. rpt. in The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965. U.K. ed. rpt. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1983; and, with minor changes. London: The Folio Society, 2013, with an Introduction by Will Self (xi-xviii) and Illus. By James Boswell. Expanded from “The Drowned World.” Science Fiction Adventures 4.24 (January 1962).

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "The Insane Ones" Y1 - 1962 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia in which all psychological intervention is illegal, being insane is a protected category, suicide is legal, and it is a crime to interfere with a suicide attempt.

JF - Amazing Stories VL - 36.1 N1 -

Rpt. in Great Science Fiction, no. 7 ([1967]): 95-105; and in his The Complete Short Stories (London: Flamingo, 2001), 289-97.

ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Billenium" Y1 - 1961 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Overpopulation dystopia presenting extreme overcrowding.

JF - New Worlds Science Fiction VL - 38.112 N1 -

Rpt. in his Billenium (New York: Berkley, 1962), 7-21; in Cities of Wonder. Ed. Damon [Francis] Knight (New York: Macfadden-Bartell, 1967), 92-107; and in his Chronopolis and Other Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971), 137-51; and as “Billennium” in his The Terminal Beach (London: Victor Gollancz, 1964), 175-91; in Future Tense. Ed. Richard Curtis (New York: Dell, 1968), 50-65; in Voyages: Scenarios for a Ship Called Earth. Ed. Rob Sauer (New York: Zero Population Growth/Ballantine Books, 1971), 3-23; in The City 2000 A.D.: Urban Life Through Science Fiction. Ed. Ralph Clem, Martin Harry Greenberg, and Joseph Olander (Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Crest, 1976), 94-109; in Earth In Transit: Science Fiction and Contemporary Problems. Ed. Sheila Schwartz (New York: Dell, 1976), 136-51; in The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978), 125-40; in The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories. Ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1992), 286-301; in his The Complete Short Stories. (London: Flamingo, 2001), 267-78; and in Brave New Worlds. Ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2011), 113-25; 2nd ed. ed. John Joseph Adams (San Francisco, CA: Night Shade Books, 2012), 113-25.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Chronopolis" Y1 - 1960 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Dystopia in which people had been too concerned with time, and there were clocks everywhere. It was made illegal to have a watch or a clock because timed people could be made to work faster, but with all clocks gone nothing works very well, and the city is almost abandoned. The story focuses on a boy growing up who is fascinated with clocks.

JF - New Worlds Science Fiction VL - 32.95 N1 -

Rpt. in his Billenium (New York: Berkley, 1962), 117-39; in his The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (London: Victor Gollancz, 1963), 184-208; in his Chronopolis and Other Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971), 152-74; in The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978), 43-66; in his The Voices of Time (London: J.M. Dent, 1984), 173-97; and in his The Complete Short Stories. (London: Flamingo, 2001), 150-68.

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ER - TY - ABST T1 - "Build-Up" Y1 - 1957 A1 - J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009) KW - English author KW - Male author AB -

Overpopulation dystopia. The entire world is one city, and no one knows that the world is round.

JF - New Worlds Science Fiction VL - 19.55 N1 -

Rpt. in his Chronopolis and Other Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1971), 175-93. Rpt. as “The Concentration City.” In his The Disaster Area (London: Jonathan Cape, 1967), 33-57; in The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978), 1-20; and in his The Complete Short Stories. (London: Flamingo, 2001), 23-38. 

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