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Aside from Charles Dickens or Franz Kafka, not many novelists get their own adjective. But there is Ballardian, in Collins English Dictionary: "Resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J.G. Ballard's novels and stories, especially dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes[an error occurred while processing this directive] and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments." A mouthful, but Ballard has earned every word of it. In 20 novels and 20 story collections over his half-century as a writer, he has created an anti-utopian gulag of ostensibly placid communities - island resorts, luxury apartment towers...
...Walsh, a magazine editor. For a writer of his talent and durability, Ballard has won oddly few honors. (A republican, he declined a Commander of the British Empire award in 2003.) Australian author and academic Germaine Greer once called him "a great writer who hasn't written a great novel." Fans would disagree, though Ballard has few pretensions. "I detest the literary novel," he says. "It's about social relationships, and, by definition, it requires a static society where all those little arabesques can be analyzed. But society is not static at all." Nor is Ballard eager to analyze himself...
According to a grumbling few, Marisha Pessl’s tangled debut novel “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” does not deserve to be published. Certain critics and blogsters credit the unusually pretty author—and her jacket photo—for capturing publisher Viking’s attention...
...naysayers are wrong about Pessl. Her intricate creation showcases her tremendous writing abilities and suggests she will stick around the bestseller list for years. Pessl cites—not internalizes—her many sources and churns out a cleverly constructed murder mystery novel with respectable scholarly flourishes...
Always wanted to strut across campus with a “Physics” book? Now’s the chance. Don’t let an attractive outward appearance (or any notions of intrinsic difference) deter you from picking up this novel...