The Crystal World (22 page)

J.G. Ballard, born in 1930 in Shanghai and educated at Cambridge University, is widely known for his imagination, intelligent, and powerful science fiction novels and short story collections, including _The Drowned World_, _High-Rise_, and _The Wind From Nowhere_. He is the author of _Empire of the Sun_, the basis for the Steven Spielberg film of the same name. J.G. Ballard's most recent book is _Super-Cannes_, published in 2000.