Extreme Metaphors. Selected Interviews with J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008
| Editor | Simon Sellars, Dan O'Hara |
| Introduction by | Simon Sellars |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Photography | Jerry Bauer |
| Copyright Holder (Compilation) | Simon Sellars, Dan O'Hara |
| Typeset by | Palimpsest Book Production Limited |
| Afterword by | Dan O'Hara |
| Printed by | Clays Ltd, St Ives plc |
| Imprint | Fourth Estate |
| Interview with/Interviewee | J. G. Ballard, Eduardo Paolozzi, David Cronenberg |
| Interview by/Interviewer | George MacBeth, Jannick Storm, Lynn Barber, Frank Whitford, Peter Linnett, Carol Orr, Robert Louit, Philippe R. Hupp, James Goddard, David Pringle, Jörg Krichbaum, Rein A. Zondergeld, Jon Savage, Christopher Evans, Werner Fuchs, Joachim Körber, V. Vale, Sam Scoggins, Thomas Frick, Peter Rønnov-Jessen, Tony Cartano, Maxim Jakubowski, Solveig Nordlund, James Verniere, Rosetta Brooks, Jeremy Lewis, Phil Halper, Lard Lyer, Joan Bakewell, Lukas Barr, Nicholas Zurbrugg, Will Self, Damien Love, Chris Rodley, Mark Dery, Richard Kadrey, Suzanne Stefanac, Zinovy Zinik, Iain Sinclair, John Gray, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chris Hall, Jeannette Baxter, Toby Litt, Simon Sellars, Mark Goodall, Jonathan Weiss, Hari Kunzru, James Naughtie |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | German |
| Location | London |
| Copyright | 2012 |
| Pages / Font | xxiii + 503 pages |
| Price | UK £25 |
| Price | CAN $39.99 |
| Printer's Key | 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 |
| ISBN | 978-0-00-745485-3 |
| Barcode | 9 780007 454853 > |
| Chapters | Simon Sellars - Introdution: A Launchpad for Other Explorations xi Acknowledgements xxi Biographies xxiii 1967: George MacBeth. The New Science Fiction 1 1968: Uncredited. Munich Round Up - Interview with J.G. Ballard 10 1968: Jannick Storm. An Interview with J.G. Ballard 14 1970: Lynn Barber. Sci-fi Seer 22 1971: Frank Whitford. Speculative Illustrations: Eduardo Paolozzi in Conversation with J.G. Ballard 36 1973: Peter Linnett. J.G. Ballard 48 1974: Carol Orr. How to Face Doomsday without Really Trying 56 1974: Robert Louit. Crash & Learn 72 1975: Philippe R. Hupp. Interview with J.G. Ballard 78 1975: James Goddard an David Pringle. An Interview with J.G. Ballard 81 1976: Jörg Kirchbaum & Rein A. Zondergeld. 'It would be a mistake to write about the future' 99 1978: Jon Savage. J.G. Ballard 106 1979: Christopher Evans. The Space Age is Over 121 1982: Werner Fuchs & Joachim Körber. An Interview with J.G. Ballard 132 1982: V. Vale. Interview with JGB 146 1983: Sam Scoggins. Ninety Questions from the Eyckman Personality Quotient 170 1984: Thomas Frick. The Art of Fiction 181 1984: Peter Rønnov-Jessen. Against Entropy 199 1985: Tony Cartano and Maxim Jakubowski. The Past Tense of J.G. Ballard 211 1986: Solveig Nordlund. Future Now 224 1988: James Verniere. A Conversation with J.G. Ballard 231 1988: Rosetta Brooks. Myths of the Near Future 241 1991: Jeremy Lewis. An Interview with J.G. Ballard 248 1992: Phil Halper and Lard Lyer. The Visitor 263 1993: Joan Bakewell. Memento: J.G. Ballard 274 1994: Lukas Barr. Don't Crash 283 1995: Nicholas Zurbrugg. Empire of the Surreal 291 1995: Will Self. Conversations: J.G. Ballard 299 1996: Damien Love. 'Kafka with unlimited Chicken Kiev': J.G. Ballard on Cocaine Nights 320 1996: Chris Rodley. Crash Talk: J.G. Ballard in Covnersation with David Cronenberg 328 1997: Mark Dery. J.G. Ballard's Wild Ride 339 1997: Richard Kadrey & Suzanne Stefanac. J.G. Ballard on William S. Burroughs' Naked Truth 349 1998: Zinovy Zinik. Russia on My Mind 356 1999: Iain Sinclair. J.G. Ballard's Cinema in the Slipstream of Discontent 364 2000: John Gray. 'Technology is always a facilitator': J.G. Ballard on Super-Cannes 374 2003: Hans Ulrich Obrist. 'Nothing is real, everything is fake' 383 2003: Chris Hall. 'All we've got left is our own psychopathology': J.G. Ballard on Millennium People 396 2004: Jeannette Baxter. Reading the Signs 407 2006: Toby Litt. 'Dangerous bends ahead. Slow down': J.G. Ballard on Kingdom Come 415 2006: Simon Sellars. 'Rattling other people's cages' 431 2006: Mark Goodall. An Exhibition of Atrocities: J.G. Ballard on Mondo Films 443 2006: Jonathan Weiss. 'Not entirely a journey without maps': J.G. Ballard on The Atrocity Exhibition 447 2007: Hari Kunzru. Historian of the Future 463 2008: James Naughtie. 'Up a kind of sociological Amazon': J.G. Ballard on Miracles of Life 473 Dan O'Hara. Afterword: Script-writing the Future 485 |
| Notes | The book comes with a dust jacket with cover artwork. |
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