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Re/Search: J. G. Ballard

Andrea Juno & Vale & J. G. Ballard & David Pringle

First published 1984
Publisher RE/Search Publications
Format Trade Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Ana Barrado
Pages 171+[5]
Price $8.95
ISBN 0940642085

  • Large Format trade paperback (identical to European A4 format).
  • "No 8/9" only stated on cover and spine, not on the title page.
  • "Editors: Vale; Andrea Juno", "Associate Publisher: Scott X. Summerville" & "Guest Contributing Editor: David Pringle" stated on the copyright page (p. 2), which also serves as title page.
  • ISBN on spine and copyright page.
  • No stated date of publication (other than the copyright assignment of 1984 to the publisher & contributors).
  • Credits for the interviews taken from contents page (p. 3).
  • The Scoggins interview only takes p. 50 and is credited in the surrounding interview by Revell.
  • The different sections ("Interviews", "Fiction", "Non-Fiction" etc.) have their respective own title pages.
  • "Back and Front Cover Photos & Photos on first and last pages: Ana Barrado" stated on the copyright page.
  • "Book Design & Layout: Andrea Juno" and "Cover Design: Rebecca Wilson" stated on the copyright page.
  • Copiously illustrated; art only included in this entry when credited.
  • "Photographers: Bobby Adams, Ana Barrado" stated on the copyright page.
  • Price on spine.

Searching by ISBN: 0940642085

Page Title Author(s) Type
4 Introduction (Re/Search: J. G. Ballard) Vale Essay
6 Interview by A. Juno & Vale Andrea Juno & Vale & J. G. Ballard Interview
36 Interview with Martin Bax Vale & Martin Bax Interview
42 Interview by Graeme Revell Graeme Revell & J. G. Ballard Interview
50 Questions/Answers from Scoggins' Film Sam Scoggins & J. G. Ballard Interview
54 Myths of the Near Future J. G. Ballard Novelette
70 Crash (excerpt) J. G. Ballard Short Fiction
76 Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown J. G. Ballard Short Story
80 The Atrocity Exhibition J. G. Ballard Short Story
84 The Index J. G. Ballard Short Story
88 Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan J. G. Ballard Short Story
90 Plan for Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy J. G. Ballard Short Story
92 The 60 Minute Zoom J. G. Ballard Short Story
96 Introduction to Crash J. G. Ballard Essay
98 Fictions of Every Kind J. G. Ballard Essay
100 Time, Memory and Inner Space J. G. Ballard Essay
101 La Jetee J. G. Ballard Essay
102 Coming of the Unconscious J. G. Ballard Essay
104 Alphabets of Unreason J. G. Ballard Essay
105 Mythmaker of the 20th Century J. G. Ballard Essay
108 Killing Time Should Be Prime Time TV J. G. Ballard Essay
109 Things I Wish I'd Known at 18 J. G. Ballard Essay
112 From Shanghai to Shepperton J. G. Ballard Essay
126 The Fourfold Symbolism of JG Ballard David Pringle Essay
138 Critical Excerpts various Essay
141 The Noble Neurotic Joseph Lanz Essay
143 Preface (Love & Napalm: Export U.S.A.) William S. Burroughs Essay
144 Critique Graeme Revell Essay
154 Quotations by Ballard J. G. Ballard Essay
[174] What I Believe J. G. Ballard Poem

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Re/Search: J. G. Ballard Cover 1991 RE/Search Publications Trade Paperback Nonfiction Ana Barrado 171+[5]