About this title: First published in 1970 and widely regarded as a prophetic masterpiece, this is a groundbreaking experimental novel by the acclaimed author of 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes', who has supplied explanatory notes for this new edition. The irrational, all-pervading violence of the modern world is the subject of this extraordinary tour de force. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. Seeking his sanity, he casts himself in a number of roles: H-bomber ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Panther Books-Granada Publishing, London
Date Published: 1972-01-01
ISBN-13:9780586035740ISBN:0586035745
Description: Good. Fast Shipping! This book is Good Condition. Spine has some wear. No writing or highlighting inside book. No missing pages. Some wear on edges and on cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Re-Search Pubns
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780940642188ISBN:0940642182
Description: Good+ Good Plus condition, no creases in spine, no slant, taped closed tear along top of spine, edgewear, tight binding, NO age toning, 127 clean and unmarked pages, wrinkle at fore-edge of pages, new revised edition (1990), preface by William S. Burroughs. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780007116867ISBN:0007116861
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 192 pages. (192 pages) first published in 1970, this is an experimental novel by the author of "crash" and "super-cannes", who has supplied explanatory notes for this edition. the central character's dreams are haunted by images of john f kennedy and marilyn monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: Revised
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo, London
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780586089927ISBN:0586089926
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stiffened glossy wrappers. Page margins darkening. pp135. Preface by William S Burroughs. New expanded and annotated edtion. "Irrationa violence of the modern world is the subject of this disturbing book" The Times. Bookseller Inventory # 01725. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: V/Search
Date Published: 1990-07
ISBN-13:9780940642188ISBN:0940642182
Description: Good. Cool ReSearch softcover-4th Printing. Cover shows some shelf wear and creases. Corners bumped bottom front corner lifted. No highlighting or underlining. You're gonna love this book! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: V/Search
Date Published: 1990-07
ISBN-13:9780940642188ISBN:0940642182
Description: Very Good. Cool 1990 Re-Search Oversized Paperback! 1st Printing. Cover shows some wear and creases. Corners bumped. Text Clean. No highlighting or underlining. Perhaps JG Ballards best work! A collection of short stories, annotations and commentary that crystallize the Ballardian perspective and anticipate his best known works. You're gonna love this book! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: V/Search
Date Published: 1990-07
ISBN-13:9780940642188ISBN:0940642182
Description: Very Good. Cool 1990 Re-Search Oversized Paperback! 2nd Printing. Cover Shiny. Corners bumped. Text Clean. No highlighting or underlining. Perhaps JG Ballards best work! A collection of short stories, annotations and commentary that crystallize the Ballardian perspective and anticipate his best known works. You're gonna love this book! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780224618380ISBN:0224618385
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex-Library This is a fairly lightly marked ex-library book. Otherwise, the book is very good with shelfwear. The dust jacket is corner clipped, but very good with rubbing and some edgewear. A nice copy. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Re/Search Publications, San Francisco
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780940642195ISBN:0940642190
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0940642190. Signed by Ballard, and limited to 400 copies. First published in 1970, this is an experimental novel by the author of "Crash" and "Super-Cannes", who has supplied explanatory notes for this edition. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead astronauts and car-crash victims as he traverses the screaming wastes of nervous breakdown.; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: [London]: Jonathan Cape,
Date Published: [1970]
Description: Octavo, boards. First edition. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-24. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with just mild fading to lettering so common to the jackets for this book. (#126090) read more
Edition: First edition, 1/400
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Re/Search Publication, San Francisco
Date Published: 1990
Description: 125pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black boards with gilt stamped title on front board and backstrip. Fine/Fine. Illustrated throughout. Preface by William S. Burroughs. Illustrations by Phoebe Gloeckner. Photographs by Ana Barrado. This edition was limited to 400 unnumbered, signed editions. The author has signed this volume in black ink on the limitation page. Originally penned between 1967 and 1969, parts of this volume were originally released in the United States in 1972 as 'Love & Napalm: Export USA'. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cape, London
Date Published: 1970
Description: Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Small ownership signature to front free endpaper, spine bumped. Red fading to spine of dust jacket otherwise an attractive copy. First UK Edition, First Impression. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: San Francisco, CA. : Re/Search Publications ( Research ), 1990, 1st Re...
ISBN-13:9780940642188ISBN:0940642182
Description: Gloeckner, Phoebe. Fine in Fine jacket. Signed ----------hardcover, quarto size, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, looks new, one of 400 copies signed by Ballard, this adds a few pieces that were not in the earlier editions, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cape, London
Date Published: 1970
Description: Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown but an excellent copy in the dust jacket with a light stain at the top edge of the upper panel and a trace of fading to the red lettering at the spine. Way above average and not common thus. First UK Edition, First Impression. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Re/Search Classics, San Francisco, CA
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780940642195ISBN:0940642190
Description: Signed by Author. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 127 pages. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. New, Revised, Expanded, Illustrated, and Annotated Edition of the author's classic. One of the greatest books of the 20th century. Limited Edition of 400 copies, of which 300 were signed by the author. Should not be confused with the Softcover Edition, which was published simultaneously with it. A brilliant production by Andrea Juno: Oversize-vol ume format. Handsome black cloth boards with metallic ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. First edition hardback. Famous for being pulped by Doubleday before publication, with only a handful of copies surviving. The book is near very good with shelfwear and some rubbing to the covers. The mylar protected dust jacket is good plus with rubbing and edgewear (including several small tears and a few very small pieces missing at the corners). The dust jacket is not price clipped (4.95). A nice copy of a truly rare book. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Paladin
Date Published: 01/12/1972
ISBN-13:9780586035740ISBN:0586035745
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Paladin
Date Published: 01/12/1972
ISBN-13:9780586035740ISBN:0586035745
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780007116867ISBN:0007116861
Description: New. First published in 1970, this is an experimental novel by the author of "Crash" and "Super-Cannes", who has supplied explanatory notes for this edition. The central character's dreams are haunted by images of John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, dead as... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Re/Search Publications
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9781889307039ISBN:1889307033
Description: Good. --All NEW items are exactly as provided by the publisher. All USED items are in Good condition or better, and copies may contain store stickers, highlighting, etc from normal use by previous owner(s). For USED items, one-time use supplements (e.g., access codes, tear-out flash cards, reference cards, etc) provided with new copies are NOT guaranteed. --Professional booksellers: inquiries always welcome. read more
Description: Good. 1889307033 1990 paperback. Very good condition except for a scratch on the front cover. Otherwise clean and tight with minimal wear. Seller inventory LPR3743. read more
"Whenever I think of Ballard's work, I sort of want him to be remembered as the underrated Palahniuk of a generation ago. Unfortunately that's not accurate. Palahniuk is a novelist who continually gives us stories with a beginning, a middle, and an end (the way he is supposed to). Ballard, on the other hand, is a flasher. He occasionally whips open his mental raincoat and shows us what he's got. What he shows you is shocking and disturbing, but as a reader you walk away feeling sorry for him in some weird way. All those great perceptive abilities he had...and he spent his energies telling us we shouldn't be obsessive about Marilyn Monroe. Is that really all he had??? That's some weak junk, if you know what I mean!
As much as I detest experimental fiction (except maybe for the occasional sci fi short story where they properly belong), I'd have to say that this book worked fairly well. Obsessive, halucinatory, and giddily perverse, this book is about the things we should hate about ourselves -- but for some reason don't. Ballard's mind was at times as sharp as a razor, and unfortunately I think readers of 'The Atrocity Exhibition' will agree that he occasionally used his weapon imprecisely. New readers will walk away from this book thinking that this could have been great."
"Ballard's work is always abstract in a cold, dreamy way, but this one is by far the leader in abstraction. Many of the themes later revisited in "Crash" are present here, but despite the general critical support of this book, I much prefer "Crash," "High Rise," "Concrete Island" and the rest of his other, more accessible (yet no less disturbing) writing. I'd say "The Atrocity Exhibition" is the first of his books I didn't love."
"More like one of those books you're supposed to experience rather than read, if you know what I mean. It's sort of like a British Naked Lunch, with more pop culture. Ballard died recently, so I thought I'd read one of his books, and I didn't want to read one I'd seen the film adaption. I would love to tell you what this book is about, I would. It's sort of a short-story collection/novel. The protagonist's name changes from section to section, and by the end there is a lot of "studies" about sex and car crashes (a theme that would stick with Ballard some years), JFK, Jackie, and Reagan. A very strange, but interesting book."
"At first I thought this is going to be good. But the authors self-proclaimed "free association" method of writing quickly becomes tedious. In the version I read, each chapter was followed up with explanations. I found the explanations and their tangential ramblings to be much more interesting that the story itself. I could sum up the book in a few sentences 1) Car crashes are like sex and sex is like car crashes. 2) Ralph Nader, JFK, Marylin Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Elizabeth Taylor."
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