詹姆斯·格雷厄姆·“J·G”·巴拉德(James Graham "J. G." Ballard,1930年11月15日—2009年4月19日[2]),英國小說家、短篇小說作家、散文家。
巴拉德一直以來被認為是世界末日(或後世界末日)小說大師,如《被淹沒的世界》(The Drowned World,1962),《燃燒的世界》(The Burning World,1964)和《水晶世界》(The Crystal World,1966)。雖然巴拉德的許多小说主題和敘事颇不尋常[3],但是最著名的作品,还是相對傳統的戰爭小說,半自传体的《太阳帝国》(1984年)描写一个英国小男孩在日本占领上海期间的经历,被《卫报》形容為英國最好的关于二战的小說[4],并于1987年由斯皮尔伯格改编为同名电影。
巴拉德的父亲是曼彻斯特的兆祥洋行(又名震寰织造厂有限公司,Calico Printers' Association)上海子公司纶昌漂染印花有限公司(China Printing and Finishing Company,创建于1925年,设于四川中路220号[5])的经理[6]。巴拉德在上海公共租界沪西越界筑路的哥伦比亚路(今长宁区番禺路508号馨悦会所)的一幢豪宅出生长大,该区的外侨在那里过着美国的生活方式[7]。巴拉德就读于外滩附近圣三一座堂的附属座堂男校[8][9]。1937年淞沪会战爆发后,巴拉德一家被迫暂时撤离郊区的住宅,在上海市中心租了一幢房子,以避免中国和日本军队的炮击。1941年太平洋战争爆发后,日本人占领了上海公共租界。1943年初,他们将盟国平民关押进龙华集中营,巴拉德和他的父母和妹妹都被关押在那里,度过了两年时间,直到战争结束。
- The Wind from Nowhere (1961)
- The Drowned World (1962)
- The Burning World (1964; also The Drought, 1965)
- The Crystal World (1966)
- The Atrocity Exhibition (1970, first published as Love and Napalm: Export USA, 1972)
- Crash (1973)
- Concrete Island (1974)
- High Rise (1975)
- The Unlimited Dream Company (1979)
- Hello America (1981)
- Empire of the Sun (1984)
- The Day of Creation (1987)
- Running Wild (novella)|Running Wild (1988)
- The Kindness of Women (1991)
- Rushing to Paradise (1994)
- Cocaine Nights (1996)
- Super-Cannes (2000)
- Millennium People (2003)
- Kingdom Come (Ballard novel)|Kingdom Come (2006)
- The Voices of Time and Other Stories (1962)
- Billennium (1962)
- Passport to Eternity (1963)
- The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (1963)
- The Terminal Beach (1964)
- The Impossible Man (1966)
- The Overloaded Man (1967)
- The Disaster Area (1967)
- The Day of Forever (1967)
- Vermilion Sands (1971)
- Chronopolis and Other Stories (1971)
- Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories (1976)
- The Best of J. G. Ballard (1977)
- The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (1978)
- The Venus Hunters (1980)
- Myths of the Near Future (1982)
- The Voices of Time (1985)
- Memories of the Space Age (1988)
- War Fever (1990)
- The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (2001)[10]
- The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 (2006)[10]
- The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2 (2006)[10]
- The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard (2009)
- A User's Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (1996)
- Miracles of Life (autobiography; 2008)
- Paris Review – J.G. Ballard (1984)
- Re/Search No. 8/9: J.G. Ballard (1985)
- J.G. Ballard: Quotes (2004)
- J.G. Ballard: Conversations (2005)[11]
- Extreme Metaphors (interviews; 2012)
David Pringle (Ed.) and Ballard, J.G. (1982). "From Shanghai to Shepperton". Re/Search 8/9: J.G. Ballard: 112–124. ISBN 0-940642-08-5.
None of the "complete" collections are in fact fully exhaustive, since they contain only some of the Atrocity Exhibition stories.
- articles, reviews and essays
- source material
- obituaries and remembrances