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James Graham Ballard - (born 15 November 1930 in the International
Settlement in Shanghai, China - died 19th April 2009) is a British
novelist and short story writer. He was a prominent member of the
New Wave in science fiction. His best known books are the controversial
Crash, and the autobiographical novel Empire of the Sun, both of
which have been adapted to film.
The adjective "Ballardian", defined as "resembling
or suggestive of the conditions described in J. G. Ballard's novels
and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes
and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental
developments", has been included in the Collins English Dictionary.
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