guardian.co.uk: "William Boyd reads a characteristic JG Ballard story, dominated by image and symbol rather than character and narrative, My Dream of Flying to Wake Island" Read on

royalacademy.org.uk:" Acclaimed writer JG Ballard derived inspiration from aspects of the built environment that architectural convention and critics tend to overlook. His novels offer many insights into the flaws and consequences of the shopping centres, car parks, hotels, office towers and housing projects that make up so much of contemporary architectural endeavour.

Download lectures delivered at the symposium Ballardian Architecture: Inner and Outer Space, held at the Royal Academy of Arts on 15 May 2010.