Empire of the Sun : a novel

Thu Jan 22 23:13:49 2009 UTClccn-n79-43442Novelists, English--20th century0.43Empire of the Sun : a novel0.500.70The atrocity exhibitionJ._G._Ballardn 79043442oca00276862a118656929119161117Ballard, J. G.,1930-Ballard, James Graham,1930-Ballard, Jim G.,1930-Ballard, Dzh. G.,1930-lccn-n79-148103Spielberg, Steven1946-lccn-n83-327625Cronenberg, David1943-lccn-n88-68080Malkovich, Johnlccn-no99-76012Bale, Christianlccn-n79-34816Stoppard, Tomlccn-n92-116885Spader, Jameslccn-no95-54677Richardson, Mirandanp-nilsson, hans jacobNilsson, Hans-Jacobtrllccn-n90-612706Vale, V.lccn-no94-21031Norgate, CliffordnrtBallard, J. G.1930-Ballard, J. G.1930-100Science fictionHistorical fictionWar storiesBildungsromansFantasy fictionAdventure fictionDystopiasMystery fictionSuspense fictionDomestic fictionFetishism (Sexual behavior)Protest movementsMiddle classGreat BritainPolitical violenceTalking booksShort stories, EnglishInterviewsNew worlds (London, England)Moorcock, Michael,--1939-Aldiss, Brian Wilson,--1925-BiographyNovelists, EnglishBibliographyEnglish fictionSatirePolitical fictionMale friendshipWomen--Crimes againstWomen environmentalistsFeministsPacific Ocean--Islands of the PacificUtopiasObsessive-compulsive disorderTraffic accidentsRetireesSpainIndustrial districtsWomen physiciansMarried peopleHigh technology industriesTraffic accident victimsBritishDramaFilm and video adaptationsFeature filmsWater-supplySaharaAfrica, CentralScience fictionPhysiciansWorld War (1939-1945)HistoryCriticism, interpretation, etc.1939-1945BoysBallard, J. G.,--1930-Science fiction, EnglishChina--ShanghaiFiction1930195919621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200926927book823.914pr6052.a4631196982בלרד, ג׳.גJ.G.バラード2236305875ocn010850755sw010850755:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19840.43Ballard, J. GEmpire of the Sun : a novelBildungsromansWar storiesHistorical fiction

A fictionalized account of the author's experiences as a boy in Shanghai, China, during the Second World War, and in Lunghua C.A.C. (Civilian Assembly Centre), where he was interned from 1942 to 1945.

07432652381315145121ocn024557507sw024283986:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19910.45Ballard, J. GThe kindness of womenAdventure fiction

"This sequel to Empire of the Sun begins in Shanghai toward the close of the war. Young James goes from the prison camp to England. When a sudden tragedy shatters his idyllic world, it's through the kindness of women in his life that he's led to confront the traumas of his childhood"--Container.

03124228491247149725ocn017324428sw016578839:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19880.49Ballard, J. GThe day of creation

Six months after arrival in Central Africa to run a WHO clinic, Dr Mallory finds that intense guerilla activity has left him without patients. He devotes himself, instead, to the task of bringing water to the region, with dreams of setting the Sahara in flower.

03124212811025120732ocn000280339sw000094962:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19660.50Ballard, J. GThe crystal worldScience fiction

Some men, dazzled and strangely entraced with the West African jungle, remain to drift through this dream-world forest.

037452096876899835ocn030365618sw000714546:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19730.55Ballard, J. GCrashScience fiction

Op zoek naar de ultieme verbinding van erotiek en geweld leeft een automobilist zich uit in het veroorzaken van auto-ongelukken.

037452412275481817ocn031934582sw031078296:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19950.48Ballard, J. GRushing to paradiseUtopian fiction

The rise and fall of a cult leader. After losing her medical license, Dr. Barbara Rafferty turns environmentalist to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific. The campaign attracts media attention, money flows and she sets up a commune on an atoll, an experiment which ends in bloodshed.

75387418ocn047767210sw043820699:lccn-n79-43442Truebook20010.47Ballard, J. GSuper-CannesDomestic fiction

Een man probeert uit te vissen waarom een arts aan de Côte d'Azur een aantal hooggeplaatste personen heeft gedood.

03122841957427994ocn003609470sw003609470:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19780.52Ballard, J. GThe best short stories of J.G. Ballard080503876069781920ocn038125926sw035845211:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19980.50Ballard, J. GCocaine nightsMystery fiction

On the Spanish Riviera, an English discotheque manager is falsely accused of setting fire to a villa which killed its occupants. The man's brother arrives from England to clear his name and in the process uncovers a drugs and pornography ring.

188717866X66776611ocn023014717sw021560639:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19910.52Ballard, J. GWar fever

A collection of the author's most recent short stories.

03742864506446716ocn000161039sw000161039:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19710.55Ballard, J. GChronopolis, and other stories61169019ocn000867631sw000867631:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19740.55Ballard, J. GConcrete islandScience fiction031242034X5996236ocn034076849sw034076849:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19960.55Ballard, J. GA user's guide to the millennium : essays and reviews031215683959464415ocn019390777sw018629186:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19890.49Ballard, J. GRunning wildSuspense fiction

Contemporary novel.

037452546359169620ocn004775801sw004775801:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19790.54Ballard, J. GThe unlimited dream company : a novelScience fictionFantasy fiction55562219ocn002645280sw001993557:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19770.50Ballard, J. GHigh-riseScience fictionDystopiasHorror fiction51170152ocn015306583sw002010136:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19870.54Ballard, J. GThe drowned worldFantasy fictionScience fiction

An evocation of a flooded, tropical London of the near future, and a speculative foray into the workings of the unconscious mind.

844507401643651617ocn018163661sw009325708:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19880.56Ballard, J. GHello AmericaScience fictionDystopias844507055X42157728ocn000482676sw000161158:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19720.70Ballard, J. GThe atrocity exhibitionScience fictionExperimental fiction00071168614124121ocn017954351sw017954351:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19880.44Ballard, J. GMemories of the space age7827821ocn048259378sw048259378:lccn-n79-43442Falsevisu20010.46Empire of the sunWar films

Based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him.

3323321ocn008728389sw008728389:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19830.75Greenland, ColinThe entropy exhibition : Michael Moorcock and the British "new wave" in science fiction2432472ocn036446802sw036446802:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19970.79Luckhurst, RogerThe angle between two walls : the fiction of J.G. Ballard23121510ocn040494920sw037753396:lccn-n79-43442Falsevisu19980.61CrashScience fiction films

Film producer and sexual adventurer James Ballard's life is transformed by a car crash. It introduces him to Dr. Helen Remington, as her husband is propelled through the windshield and into James' car, dead. No sooner are Helen and James both out of the hospital than they show up together at a late-night show staged by Vaughan, whose near-fatal accident left him obsessed with the erotic possibilities of crashes. Vaughan savors crash data and presides over a cult of like-minded fetishists, soon joined by James--comatose with lust and fascination--as he single-mindedly pursuing this new erotic linking of cars, sex, and injury.

2132142ocn058054076sw058054076:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook20050.82Gąsiorek, AndrzejJ.G. Ballard071907052X2102204ocn011756103sw011756103:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19850.71Brigg, PeterJ.G. Ballard2032031ocn023941019sw023941019:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19910.80Stephenson, GregoryOut of the night and into the dream : a thematic study of the fiction of J.G. Ballard1801858ocn175283644sw175283644:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook2008Ballard, J. GMiracles of life : Shanghai to Shepperton : an autobiography1771771ocn004933455sw004933455:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19790.73Pringle, DavidEarth is the alien planet : J.G. Ballard's four-dimensional nightmare1751751ocn009970347sw009970347:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19840.81Pringle, DavidJ.G. Ballard : a primary and secondary bibliography991044ocn057483879sw057483879:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook20050.73Ballard, J. GConversations188930713093931ocn040797772sw040797772:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19980.84Delville, MichelJ.G. Ballard074630867181811ocn007147359sw007147359:lccn-n79-43442Truebook19810.52Sladek, John ThomasThe best of John Sladek811625ocn002856945sw002856945:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19760.85J.G. Ballard, the first twenty years73731ocn043763105sw043763105:lccn-n79-43442Truebook20000.28Novels for students. Volume 8 : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels078763827768681ocn013085378sw013085378:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19840.80J.G. Ballard31315ocn057483813sw057483813:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook20040.63Ballard, J. GQuotes188930712231311ocn020919028sw020919028:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19880.83Thomas, Louis-VincentAnthropologie des obssessions29225ocn020150156sw020150156:lccn-n79-43442Falsevisu19840.77J.G. Ballard with Matthew Hoffman

J.G. Ballard discusses his life and works with particular reference to his autobiographical novel "Empire of the Sun," the story of an English schoolboy interned in a Japanese prison camp near Shanghai from 1943 to 1945.

19191ocn040881907sw040881907:lccn-n79-43442Falsebook19980.37Delville, MichelBallard, J.G07463086710743265238Wed Mar 04 21:26:51 EST 2009