The JG Ballard Book

Graham Rae, Dangerous Minds, 22 March 2014: I’d have to say it’s a damned fine-looking book. Starting with the great painting of Ballard on the cover by extremely talented, amiable Italian painter Luca Del Baldo, the book is jam-packed with 191 pages of well-reproduced full-color Ballard letters, interviews with hand-written corrections by the writer, bibliographies, etc; a real smorgasbord of juicy Ballardania for any fan of the writer. Color photos and cover reproductions and such jump from nearly every page of The JG Ballard Book, and it’s a real pleasure to look at from start to finish. This is a labor of love, and it really shows. Tom Hunter, Arc, 27 Jan 2014: The pathology of fandom is perhaps most obviously revealed through a predilection for collecting. With that diagnosis in mind, I feel very happy indeed to have been anatomised by The JG Ballard Book, even as I add it to the shelves of my own personal Ballard exhibition. Fay Ballard, 10 Oct 2013: “The books are wonderful, a huge achievement, packed full of fascinating material and so visual. I particularly like the way you’ve included heaps of original handwritten, hand edited, and typewritten material, books covers, art, photos etc. A feast.” V. VALE’s RE/SEARCH NEWSLETTER #120, November, 2013. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY RE/SEARCH: “Rick McGrath of Canada has produced his own JG Ballard Anthology book; - it features photos by Ana Barrado! JG Ballard expert Rick McGrath sent us his new 8.5x11” hardback on JG Ballard and it is beautiful (also rare, hard to find) and for us, totally engrossing. Every night we read ourselves to sleep with it. Fun to read the color reproductions (60 pages!!) of actual bibliographies, letters, an interview with additions/emendations/corrections by JGB himself - more challenging and fun than reading “normal” typeset words on pages. Also, the fact that this is not a corporately-published book but a labor of love, makes the experience of owing this actual physical object much more “poignant.” In fact, we at RE/Search need to find out the nuts-and-bolts of how this book was physically produced, and how long it took. This is now one of our favorite books of all time! Beautifully produced; a rare “niche” item and object.”