English novelist (1930-2009)
Human beings today ... are surrounded by huge institutions we can never penetrate.
J. G. BALLARD
A User's Guide to the Millennium
A small revolution was taking place, so modest and well behaved that almost no one had noticed.
J. G. BALLARD
Millennium People
The camera resumes its melancholy tour.
J. G. BALLARD
Running Wild
Thinking of his unsettled dreams, and puzzled by their missing sound track, Jim tugged at his ruffed collar.
J. G. BALLARD
Empire of the Sun
First wives are a rite of passage into adult life. In many ways it's important that first marriages go wrong. That's how we learn the truth about ourselves.
J. G. BALLARD
Millennium People
In a real war, no one knew which side he was on, and there were no flags or commentators or winners.
J. G. BALLARD
Empire of the Sun
Psychiatrists — the dominant lay priesthood since the First World War.
J. G. BALLARD
A User's Guide to the Millennium
Appearances proved nothing and everything.
J. G. BALLARD
Millennium People