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'Artful' by Ali Smith reads slapdash
At least since whoever wrote "The Arabian Nights" invented postmodernism, we have been visited by metafiction — literature folding in on itself to address its own fictionality. At its best we get "Don Quixote," "Tristram Shandy," Jorge Luis Borges'...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Jorge Luis Borges, Chuck Jones, Literature, Arts and Culture
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The Reading Life: J.G. Ballard's stormy weather
Jacket CopyDavid L. Ulin reflects on "The Drowned World" by JG Ballard, out in a new 50th anniversary edition.... -
Book Review: 'Millennium People' by J.G. Ballard
Los Angeles Times Book CriticWhen J.G. Ballard died in April 2009, he left behind a body of work dominated by a few key ideas. First were the erotic possibilities of violence, as embodied by his 1973 novel "Crash." Equally important was his sense of suburban life as not just soul-...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Health, Human Interest, Science and Technology, London Heathrow Airport
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Review: 'My American Unhappiness' by Dean Bakopoulos
Los Angeles TimesMy American Unhappiness A Novel Dean Bakopoulos Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 277 pp., $24 Whichever way you turn, beacons of American inauthenticity and political dysfunction are all around you, clamoring for your head space, your dollars, your...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Minority Groups, Noah Baumbach, Entertainment
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Carmageddon reading list: 19 books about the joys and terrors of transportation
Jacket CopyCarmaggedon: your 19-book reading list. Hope it's enough to keep you busy while stuck in traffic.... -
Summer reading: Fiction, poetry
Busy Monsters William Giraldi W.W. Norton: $24.95 When a mediocre writer's bride-to-be leaves him to search for a legendary giant squid, he treks across the continent seeking counsel from nefarious creatures on how to win back her affections. (August)...Tags: Human Interest, Bernard Madoff, Joseph Conrad, Michigan, Ralph Ellison
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Album review: Moby's 'Destroyed'
Pop & HissIn his liner notes, Moby states that foreign cities, late at night when he struggled with insomnia, provided the perfect backdrop for the creation of “Destroyed.” It’s easy to picture: the musician, alone in the sterile hotel rooms of... -
J.G. Ballard had a secret archive after all
Jacket CopyWhen asked, author J.G. Ballard told interviewers that he had no papers to be donated. "There are no Ballard archives," he said plainly in 1982. "I never keep letters, reviews, research materials. Every page is a fresh start." Now we...... -
Siren's Call: A talk with Michael Moorcock
Where do you begin with Michael Moorcock? His career and background range as far and wide as his characters do across the multiverse. Novelist, short story writer, editor (of New Worlds and other publications), journalist, musician -- and, in the case...Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Genres, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Science and Technology, Easter
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'Pop Apocalypse' by Lee Konstantinou
Pop Apocalypse A Possible Satire Lee Konstantinou Harper Perennial: 292 pp., $13.99 paper It doesn't take a paranoid mind to fret over our state of hyper-marketing. Every Gatorade we buy at Vons, every Bed Bath & Beyond card we've registered for,...Tags: Barnes & Noble, Inc., Berkeley (Alameda, California), Mel Brooks, Marshall McLuhan, Crime, Law and Justice
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'The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard'
The Complete Stories
of J.G. Ballard
J.G. Ballard
W.W. Norton: 1,200 pp., $35
Readers anxious about reading "The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard" -- now appearing in the U.S. for the first time -- may care to approach it in the form of a simple...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Imperial and Royal Matters, Real Estate Sellers, Documentary (genre), Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia)
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Don't drive, won't drive
Special to the TimesI'M an English guy who's been in L.A. for 16 years. I work here. My children were born here. And still I don't drive. Some people find this … puzzling. "But why?" they ask. "Why don't you drive?" "I'm really not sure," I say. "I've spent thousands of...Tags: Bananas, Transportation, Travel, World War II (1939-1945), Road Transportation
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