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Author:	J. G. Ballard
Title:	Crash
Publisher:	Jonathan Cape
Country:	UK
Date:	1973
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction, Society
ISBN-10:	0224007823
Total Editions:	4
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ppint. 1st Jan 2023		jonathan cape h/cvr first printing, first edition cover (d-j) art by bill botten (unsigned, uncredited; reproduced on the artist's website) cover (d-j) price £2.25 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards



ppint. 2nd Jan 2023		Rated 8/10 it might be worth a ''9'', but yr hmbl srppnt.'s only read it the once, and definitely does *not* desi^W wish to read it again. it's very well thought out & through, very well written - and *horrible*. in an all too-near future, a cult is arising, centered upon the work of a charismatic, self-publicising ?research? ?psychiatrist?, prizing and preserving the wounds received in car crashes as a reflection of the damage received by the drivers' cars, and similarly prizing and preserving the damage received in those crashes as a reflection of the wounds received by their human occupants, and glorifying - and finding erotic arousal, and perhaps ecstasy, from both. - as the cult spreads and it, and its values, become increasingly accepted into our social mainstream, it also becomes increasingly difficult to discern or define any aim for life separate from the aims and inevitable objective of achieving increasingly horrific car/self-inflicted crash injury and - ultimately - the glory(?) of a gory mechanical death. - as we make our creations and our constructions more intelligent and - arguably - more human-like, do we not make ourselves more construct-like and more inhuman: - and is this inevitable ? - gave a whole new meaning to ''auto-erotica'' - - and arguably invented ''auto-necrotica'' as humanity's highest aim. (this review is from another edition of this book) 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 1st Jan 2023		granada publishing triad granada imprint b-format p/b first printing, not first uk p/b edition cover art by james marsh (signed jm, credited on back cover) cover price £2.50, $6.95 australia, $9.95 new zealand 176pp. including titles, indicia, foreword (nf) j. g. ballard (1974/5) etc, end pp. advertising the foreword was published in foundation #9, 11/1975, but was apparently first published in french translation, in galaxie (2ème serie) #119, 4/1974 the panther books block isbn is the same as on the three previous a-format granada / panther p/bs. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 1st Jan 2023		granada publishing panther books imprint p/b first printing, first uk p/b edition cover art by chris foss (signed with his f in a line-drawn box) cover price 60p, $1.80 australia, $1.80 new zealand, $2.50 canada 192pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising distinguish from two near-identical 1977 reprintings by reference to the indicia publishing history, which adds line stating reprinted 1977, and then again. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 1st Jan 2023		pinnacle books mmpb first printing, first p/b edition cover art by r. shore (signed, uncredited; seen suggested to be robert shore, but not definitely) cover price $1.25 224pp. including titles, indicia etc, end p. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Other Editions

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J. G. Ballard - Crash - Pinnacle - Paperback - USA - 0523004230 (1974)

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J. G. Ballard - Crash - Panther / Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586041052 (1975)

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J. G. Ballard - Crash - Triad Granada - Paperback - UK - 0586041052 (1985)