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Revised introduction; new chronology and further reading Translated with an Introduction by Paul Turner.

J.G.巴拉德 J.G. Ballard（1930—2009） 英国著名作家。出生于上海租界，珍珠港事变后，被日军羁押在龙华集中营；1946年，他和父母返回英国。巴拉德在剑桥修读医学两年，做过广告文员、搬运工和百科全书推销员，后参加英国皇家空军。 巴拉德二十世纪五十年代参与科学杂志编辑，开始发表短篇小说，成为英国六十年代科幻小说新浪潮运动的代表作家，有“科幻小说之王”的美誉，被奉为“赛博朋克”文学导师。他一生出版长篇小说二十余部，作品被苏珊·桑塔格誉为“当代小说中最具智慧的声音”。 代表作有《撞车》《摩天楼》《太阳帝国》等。自传体小说《太阳帝国》曾入围布克奖，获卫报小说奖和詹姆斯·泰特·布莱克纪念奖，由著名导演斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格于1987年搬上银幕；《撞车》由加拿大导演大卫·柯南伯格改编成电影，斩获1996年戛纳国际电影节评审团特别大奖；电影《摩天楼...(展开全部)

A chilling novel about our modern world, from the author of 'Empire of the Sun' and 'Crash'. Robert Maitland, a 35 year-old architect, is driving home from his London offices when a blow-out sends his speeding Jaguar hurtling out of control. Smashing through a temporary barrier he finds himself, dazed and disorientated, on a traffic island below three converging motorways. But...(展开全部)

Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart succ...(展开全部)

Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart succ...(展开全部)

CLOCKS, 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent). Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing jour...(展开全部)

CLOCKS, 'one of the most brilliantly inventive writers of this, or any country' (Independent). Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing jour...(展开全部)

Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart succ...(展开全部)

Utopia Avenue are the strangest British band you've never heard of. Emerging from London's psychedelic scene in 1967 and fronted by folksinger Elf Holloway, guitar demigod Jasper de Zoet and blues bassist Dean Moss, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief and blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and draughty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart succ...(展开全部)