Ballard's Short stories pre-date his novels by a few years. All are excellent, and he is a master of the form.

Ballard's weirdly disowned first novel, which makes up an Earth/Air/Fire/Water environmental quadrilogy with the following three.

Also known as The Burning World. All of these environmental books are highly relevant and thought provoking in today's world, this perhaps most of all.

In many ways his masterwork, but inaccessible for some. The annotated version is the one you need, as it provides humourous insights from Ballard himself.

Perhaps the most 'fun' of the semi-trilogy (with Crash and Concretre Island), and certainly easier to read, if no less powerful and bizarre.

As the title suggests, a more dreamlike, less apocalyptic novel.

Ballard's weird semi-fictional memoir, as much a novel as his other works, the landscape continuing to be important in understanding the characters.

Short and zippy, and back to suburban violence around the London area. A favourite among many Ballard fans. Remember that plot and action in a Ballard novel are secondary to inner turmoil.

Save yourself some money on 'Empire of the Sun' and 'The Kindness of Women,' and buy both together!

Ballard start to tear apart middle-class suburbia while weirdly championing it, somehow turning it into a trilogy of bestsellers.

Since 'Running Wild', Ballard has written longer, in many ways more difficult works that somehow satirise mainstream novels while slippy quietly amongst them.

Fabulous collection of Ballard quotes, providing more insight into the man than his fictionalised memoirs.

This DVD has a Ballard interview/commentary and may help readers of 'The Atrocity Exhibtion' find more ways to appreciate it. Brilliant, if not exactly 'enjoyable' (but then, neither is the book!)