JG Ballard Book Cover Scans 1985

The Terminal Collection: 1985 -1999

The latter half of the 1980s saw JGB evolve into a publishing phenomenon... The Day of Creation was widely hyped and anticipated... and strangely disappointing. Running Wild proved to be a strange little novella, and the mandatory collection, Memories of the Space Age, turned out to be a winner for Arkham House, hardly a publisher noted for its JGB-like writers' stable. The signed Ms. of Running Wild is interesting... the piece is a photocopy of an editor's proof, but the signature looks real.

JGB Video Interview
ICA Video, The Roland Collection. Undated, but most likely 1985. Interviewer: Matthew Hoffman

Ambit 100 London, Spring 1985
Contains the experimental short story, Answers To A Questionnaire.

Words, The New Literary Forum London, September 1985
Contains the article, J.G. Ballard: A review of his fiction prior to Empire of The Sun, by David Pringle, Interview with J.G. Ballard, by David Pringle, Psychoanalyst of the Electronic Age, a JG Ballard interview by David Pringle, Jim's War, a review of Empire of The Sun by Peter Linnett

Interzone #13 Autumn, 1985
Contains the short story, The Man Who Walked On The Moon

The Day Of Forever Panther Books, London, 1985

Crash Paladin, London 1985

Vermilion Sands Dent, London, 1985

Low-Flying Aircraft Panther, London, 1985

The Voices Of Time Gollancz, London, 1985. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback
Collects: The Voices Of Time • The Sound-Sweep • The Overloaded Man • Thirteen To Centarus • The Garden Of Time • The Cage Of Sand • The Watch-Towers • Chronopolis

The Terminal Beach Gollancz, London, 1985. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback
Collects: A Question Of Re-Entry • The Drowned Giant • End Game • The Illuminated Man • The Reptile Enclosure • The Delta At Sunset • The Terminal Beach • Deep End • The Volcano Dances • Billennium • The Gioconda Of The Twilight Noon • The Lost Leonardo

The Venus Hunters Gollancz, London, 1986. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback
Collects: Now: Zero • The Time-Tombs • Track 12 • Passport To Eternity • Escapement • Time Of Passage • The Venus Hunters • The Killing Ground • One Afternoon At Utah Beach • The 60-Minute Zoom

The Day Of Forever Gollancz, London, 1986. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback
Collects: The Day of Forever • Prisoner of the Coral Deep • Tomorrow is a Million Years • The Man on the 99th Floor • The Waiting Grounds • The Lost World of Mr Goddard • The Gentle Assassin • The Sudden Afternoon • The Insane Ones • The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered As A Downhill Motor Race.

The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987
The first version of the advanced reading copy, this reproduced from Ballard's uncorrected and unedited typescript. Jim Goddard at Solaris Books says: "This is a copy of Ballard's novel produced as a very early stage book proof from the author's typescript. This appears to be considerably scarcer than the similar typescript proof for Empire of the Sun."

The Day Of Creation Lester Orpen & Dennys, Toronto, 1987
Uncorrected Proof

The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987
Uncorrected Proof

The Day Of Creation Lester Orpen & Dennys Toronto, 1987

The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987

The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987
Boxed, signed limited edition. #10/100

Empire Of The Sun Movie soundtrack, composed by John Williams. Warner Bros. Music, 1987

The Day Of Creation Farrar, Straus & Giroux NY, 1987

Interzone #22 Winter, 1987
Contains the interview, JG Ballard by David Pringle

Spiral bound photocopy of Running Wild in manuscript form, showing some corrections, but it's not clear who wrote them. Inside front page shown. Cover has handwritten title: "Running Wild". Signed. Probable date: 1988

Running Wild Hutchinson, London, 1988

Running Wild Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1988

Ambit 114 London, Autumn 1988
Contains the short story, The Secret History of World War 3, illustrated by Michael Foreman.

Research Publications, San Francisco, 1988 reprints of the original 1980 tabloid publications. Contains Zodiac 2000, the John Savage JGB interview, and Stephen Schwatz's New Science Fiction: A Guide.

Memories Of The Space Age Arkham House, Sauk City, 1988
Collects: The Cage of Sand • A Question of Re-Entry • The Dead Astronaut • My Dream of Flying to Wake Island • News from the Sun • Memories of the Space Age • Myths of the Near Future • The Man Who Walked on the Moon.

Interview Magazine Vol XIX, No. 1, New York, January 1988
Contains the short story, Love In A Colder Climate

Impulse: The Magazine of Time and Space Vol 14, No. 1, Toronto, Spring 1988
Contains the interview, Impulse Talks With JG Ballard

Interzone #27 Jan/Feb, 1989
Contains the article, My Ten Best SF Movies

Interzone #30 July/August 1989
Contains the short story, The Enormous Space

Semiotext(e) SF AK Press, London, 1989
Contains the short stories, Report On An Unidentified Space Station and Jane Fonda’s Augmentation Mammoplasty

Fantasy & Science Fiction Volume 77, No 4, London, 1989
Contains the short story, War Fever which was reprinted in the collection, War Fever

Things start off positively in 1990 with the short story collection, War Fever, but as nobody can find the obscure publications these stories first appeared in... it looks new! War Fever is followed by The Kindness of Women, a wildly underrated bio-novel, and then things start to move in a new direction... Rushing to Paradise seems self-referential and slightly behind the times, but it does sort of act as a bridge into Cocaine Nights, a new move into social criticism and the mystery genre. User's Guide To The Millennium is a facinating collection of non-fiction rarely seen by those outside of the UK.

The Atrocity Exhibition ReSearch, San Francisco, 1990
Signed edition of 400

Fear, Number 14, February 1990
Contains Part One of a two-part interview with JG Ballard by David Pringle.

The Unlimited Dream Company Paladin, London, 1990

War Fever Collins, London 1990
Collects: War Fever • The Discreet History of World War 3 • Dream Cargoes • The Object of the Attack • Love in a Colder Climate • The Largest Theme Park in the World • Answers to a Questionnaire • The Air Disaster • Report on an Unidentified Space Station • The Man Who Walked on the Moon • The Enormous Space • Memories of the Space Age • Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown • The Index.

War Fever Farrar, Straus Giroux, New York, 1990
Uncorrected Proof

War Fever Farrar, Straus Giroux, New York, 1990
Collects: War Fever • The Discreet History of World War 3 • Dream Cargoes • The Object of the Attack • Love in a Colder Climate • The Largest Theme Park in the World • Answers to a Questionnaire • The Air Disaster • Report on an Unidentified Space Station • The Man Who Walked on the Moon • The Enormous Space • Memories of the Space Age • Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown • The Index.

The Kindness Of Women Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY 1991
Uncorrected Proof

The Kindness Of Women Harper Collins, Toronto, 1991

The Kindness Of Women HarperCollins, London, 1991
Inscribed by Ballard

The Kindness Of Women Read by Joss Ackland. HarperCollins Audiobook, Toronto, 1991

The Crystal World Easton Press, Conn., 1991
Leatherbound collector's edition, with a foreword by John Brunner and illustrations by Jill Bauman

Interzone #53 November, 1991
Contains the short story, Neil Armstrong Remembers...

The Crystal World, Crash, Concrete Island Quality Paperback Books, New York, 1991

Empire Of The Sun Directed by Steven Spielberg. Warner Bros. Video version, 1992

Interzone #56 February, 1992
Contains the short story, A Guide To Virtual Death

Interzone #58 April, 1992
Contains the short story, The Message From Mars

Concrete Island Paladin, London, 1992

Vermilion Sands Orion Books, London, 1992

The Voices Of Time Orion Books, London, 1992

The Disaster Area Paladin, London, 1992

Shudder Again Roc Publishers, New York, December, 1993
Edited by Michele Slung. Contains the short story, A Host of Furious Fancies

Interzone #72 June, 1993
Contains the short story, Project For A Glossary Of The 20th Century

Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to HP Lovecraft Edited by DM Mitchell, Creation Press, London, 1994
Contains the short story, Prisoner Of The Coral Deep

Empire Of The Sun Read by Samuel West. HarperCollins Audiobook, UK, 1995

Rushing To Paradise Flamingo, London, 1994
Signed by Ballard

Rushing To Paradise Picador, New York, May 1995

Rushing To Paradise Picador, New York, 1995

Cocaine Nights Flamingo, London, 1996
Signed by Ballard

A User's Guide To The Millennium HarperCollins, London 1996

A User's Guide To The Millennium Picador, NY, May, 1996

Cronenberg movie of Crash. CD Soundtrack. Music by Howard Shore. BMG music. 1996

Cronenberg movie of Crash. Video version. 1996

Interzone #106 April, 1996
Special JGB Issue

Interzone #114 December, 1996
Profile Of JGB By Nicolas Royle.

Crash (Screenplay by David Cronenberg) Faber & Faber, London 1996
Signed by Cronenberg.

Cronenberg movie of Crash. DVD version. 1998
Interview with Ballard and Cronenberg about Crash.

Cocaine Nights Counterpoint, Washington, 1998

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The Terminal Collection: 1985 -1999 The latter half of the 1980s saw JGB evolve into a publishing phenomenon... The Day of Creation was widely hyped and anticipated... and strangely disappointing. Running Wild proved to be a strange little novella, and the mandatory collection, Memories of the Space Age, turned out to be a winner for Arkham House, hardly a publisher noted for its JGB-like writers' stable. The signed Ms. of Running Wild is interesting... the piece is a photocopy of an editor's proof, but the signature looks real. JGB Video Interview ICA Video, The Roland Collection. Undated, but most likely 1985. Interviewer: Matthew Hoffman Ambit 100 London, Spring 1985 Contains the experimental short story, Answers To A Questionnaire. Words, The New Literary Forum London, September 1985 Contains the article, J.G. Ballard: A review of his fiction prior to Empire of The Sun, by David Pringle, Interview with J.G. Ballard, by David Pringle, Psychoanalyst of the Electronic Age, a JG Ballard interview by David Pringle, Jim's War, a review of Empire of The Sun by Peter Linnett Interzone #13 Autumn, 1985 Contains the short story, The Man Who Walked On The Moon The Day Of Forever Panther Books, London, 1985 Crash Paladin, London 1985 Vermilion Sands Dent, London, 1985 Low-Flying Aircraft Panther, London, 1985 The Voices Of Time Gollancz, London, 1985. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback Collects: The Voices Of Time • The Sound-Sweep • The Overloaded Man • Thirteen To Centarus • The Garden Of Time • The Cage Of Sand • The Watch-Towers • Chronopolis The Terminal Beach Gollancz, London, 1985. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback Collects: A Question Of Re-Entry • The Drowned Giant • End Game • The Illuminated Man • The Reptile Enclosure • The Delta At Sunset • The Terminal Beach • Deep End • The Volcano Dances • Billennium • The Gioconda Of The Twilight Noon • The Lost Leonardo The Venus Hunters Gollancz, London, 1986. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback Collects: Now: Zero • The Time-Tombs • Track 12 • Passport To Eternity • Escapement • Time Of Passage • The Venus Hunters • The Killing Ground • One Afternoon At Utah Beach • The 60-Minute Zoom The Day Of Forever Gollancz, London, 1986. First hardcover edition of the Berkley paperback Collects: The Day of Forever • Prisoner of the Coral Deep • Tomorrow is a Million Years • The Man on the 99th Floor • The Waiting Grounds • The Lost World of Mr Goddard • The Gentle Assassin • The Sudden Afternoon • The Insane Ones • The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered As A Downhill Motor Race. The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987 The first version of the advanced reading copy, this reproduced from Ballard's uncorrected and unedited typescript. Jim Goddard at Solaris Books says: "This is a copy of Ballard's novel produced as a very early stage book proof from the author's typescript. This appears to be considerably scarcer than the similar typescript proof for Empire of the Sun." The Day Of Creation Lester Orpen & Dennys, Toronto, 1987 Uncorrected Proof The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987 Uncorrected Proof The Day Of Creation Lester Orpen & Dennys Toronto, 1987 The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987 The Day Of Creation Gollancz, London, 1987 Boxed, signed limited edition. #10/100 Empire Of The Sun Movie soundtrack, composed by John Williams. Warner Bros. Music, 1987 The Day Of Creation Farrar, Straus & Giroux NY, 1987 Interzone #22 Winter, 1987 Contains the interview, JG Ballard by David Pringle Spiral bound photocopy of Running Wild in manuscript form, showing some corrections, but it's not clear who wrote them. Inside front page shown. Cover has handwritten title: "Running Wild". Signed. Probable date: 1988 Running Wild Hutchinson, London, 1988 Running Wild Farrar Straus Giroux, NY, 1988 Ambit 114 London, Autumn 1988 Contains the short story, The Secret History of World War 3, illustrated by Michael Foreman. Research Publications, San Francisco, 1988 reprints of the original 1980 tabloid publications. Contains Zodiac 2000, the John Savage JGB interview, and Stephen Schwatz's New Science Fiction: A Guide. Memories Of The Space Age Arkham House, Sauk City, 1988 Collects: The Cage of Sand • A Question of Re-Entry • The Dead Astronaut • My Dream of Flying to Wake Island • News from the Sun • Memories of the Space Age • Myths of the Near Future • The Man Who Walked on the Moon. Interview Magazine Vol XIX, No. 1, New York, January 1988 Contains the short story, Love In A Colder Climate Impulse: The Magazine of Time and Space Vol 14, No. 1, Toronto, Spring 1988 Contains the interview, Impulse Talks With JG Ballard Interzone #27 Jan/Feb, 1989 Contains the article, My Ten Best SF Movies Interzone #30 July/August 1989 Contains the short story, The Enormous Space Semiotext(e) SF AK Press, London, 1989 Contains the short stories, Report On An Unidentified Space Station and Jane Fonda’s Augmentation Mammoplasty Fantasy & Science Fiction Volume 77, No 4, London, 1989 Contains the short story, War Fever which was reprinted in the collection, War Fever Things start off positively in 1990 with the short story collection, War Fever, but as nobody can find the obscure publications these stories first appeared in... it looks new! War Fever is followed by The Kindness of Women, a wildly underrated bio-novel, and then things start to move in a new direction... Rushing to Paradise seems self-referential and slightly behind the times, but it does sort of act as a bridge into Cocaine Nights, a new move into social criticism and the mystery genre. User's Guide To The Millennium is a facinating collection of non-fiction rarely seen by those outside of the UK. The Atrocity Exhibition ReSearch, San Francisco, 1990 Signed edition of 400 Fear, Number 14, February 1990 Contains Part One of a two-part interview with JG Ballard by David Pringle. The Unlimited Dream Company Paladin, London, 1990 War Fever Collins, London 1990 Collects: War Fever • The Discreet History of World War 3 • Dream Cargoes • The Object of the Attack • Love in a Colder Climate • The Largest Theme Park in the World • Answers to a Questionnaire • The Air Disaster • Report on an Unidentified Space Station • The Man Who Walked on the Moon • The Enormous Space • Memories of the Space Age • Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown • The Index. War Fever Farrar, Straus Giroux, New York, 1990 Uncorrected Proof War Fever Farrar, Straus Giroux, New York, 1990 Collects: War Fever • The Discreet History of World War 3 • Dream Cargoes • The Object of the Attack • Love in a Colder Climate • The Largest Theme Park in the World • Answers to a Questionnaire • The Air Disaster • Report on an Unidentified Space Station • The Man Who Walked on the Moon • The Enormous Space • Memories of the Space Age • Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown • The Index. The Kindness Of Women Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY 1991 Uncorrected Proof The Kindness Of Women Harper Collins, Toronto, 1991 The Kindness Of Women HarperCollins, London, 1991 Inscribed by Ballard The Kindness Of Women Read by Joss Ackland. HarperCollins Audiobook, Toronto, 1991 The Crystal World Easton Press, Conn., 1991 Leatherbound collector's edition, with a foreword by John Brunner and illustrations by Jill Bauman Interzone #53 November, 1991 Contains the short story, Neil Armstrong Remembers... The Crystal World, Crash, Concrete Island Quality Paperback Books, New York, 1991 Empire Of The Sun Directed by Steven Spielberg. Warner Bros. Video version, 1992 Interzone #56 February, 1992 Contains the short story, A Guide To Virtual Death Interzone #58 April, 1992 Contains the short story, The Message From Mars Concrete Island Paladin, London, 1992 Vermilion Sands Orion Books, London, 1992 The Voices Of Time Orion Books, London, 1992 The Disaster Area Paladin, London, 1992 Shudder Again Roc Publishers, New York, December, 1993 Edited by Michele Slung. Contains the short story, A Host of Furious Fancies Interzone #72 June, 1993 Contains the short story, Project For A Glossary Of The 20th Century Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to HP Lovecraft Edited by DM Mitchell, Creation Press, London, 1994 Contains the short story, Prisoner Of The Coral Deep Empire Of The Sun Read by Samuel West. HarperCollins Audiobook, UK, 1995 Rushing To Paradise Flamingo, London, 1994 Signed by Ballard Rushing To Paradise Picador, New York, May 1995 Rushing To Paradise Picador, New York, 1995 Cocaine Nights Flamingo, London, 1996 Signed by Ballard A User's Guide To The Millennium HarperCollins, London 1996 A User's Guide To The Millennium Picador, NY, May, 1996 Cronenberg movie of Crash. CD Soundtrack. Music by Howard Shore. BMG music. 1996 Cronenberg movie of Crash. Video version. 1996 Interzone #106 April, 1996 Special JGB Issue Interzone #114 December, 1996 Profile Of JGB By Nicolas Royle. Crash (Screenplay by David Cronenberg) Faber & Faber, London 1996 Signed by Cronenberg. Cronenberg movie of Crash. DVD version. 1998 Interview with Ballard and Cronenberg about Crash. Cocaine Nights Counterpoint, Washington, 1998