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- adjective Of or
pertaining to thecharacteristic fictional milieu of author J.G. Ballard, typified bydystopian modernity ,bleak artificial landscapes , and thepsychological effects oftechnological ,societal , andenvironmental developments .
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Examples
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Of of his most effective and affecting stories is one of the least "Ballardian" - "The Lost Leonardo."
J.G. Ballard has passed away Adam Whitehead 2009
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He earned the rare distinction of appearing as an adjective - "Ballardian" - in the Collins English Dictionary, referring to "dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments".
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The Collins English Dictionary, in defining "Ballardian," has established for all time a view of Ballard's mature work, work characterized by "dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments."
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It goes on to cite the dictionary definition of "Ballardian" as especially suggestive of "dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes and the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments."
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But there's something about the ecology of gang life certainly strikes me as thoroughly 'Ballardian', if indeed such a term can describe certain 'bits of the world'.
Larvatus Prodeo 2009
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Mr. Ballard would eventually be deemed worthy of his own adjective, "Ballardian," defined by the Collins English Dictionary as "resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in Ballard's novels & stories, esp. dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes & the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments."
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The fact that so many commentators seized on the word "Ballardian" to describe that programme is a tribute to how well his books foresaw the possible corruptions of broadcasting.
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British author J.G. Ballard, a survivor of a Japanese prison camp whose vision was so dark and distinctive it was labeled "Ballardian" and who reached a wide audience with the autobiographical "Empire of the Sun," died Sunday, his agent said.
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Ballard would eventually be deemed worthy of his own adjective, "Ballardian," defined by the Collins English Dictionary as "resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in Ballard's novels & stories, esp. dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes & the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments."
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LONDON — Author J.G. Ballard, a survivor of a Japanese prison camp whose vision was so dark and distinctive it was labeled "Ballardian" and who reached a wide audience with the autobiographical ...
Louises commented on the word Ballardian
Caribbean. Barbuda. A Ballardian enclave. The bored wives of neurosurgeons. Retired astronauts. Pharmaceuticals executives. The brochure looks like a virtual world. White concrete and ultramarine sky. A pristine end-point of modernity. I imagine silence that's really the low hum of air-conditioning and humidors. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
February 28, 2012