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| Elder Ballard Invites Mormons to Join Internet Conversation |
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During a speech at the commencement
ceremonies at Brigham Young University -
Hawaii, Elder M. Russell Ballard encouraged
graduates to join the conversation about
Mormonism on the Internet. Elder Ballard is a
member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. The entire video of his speech can be
viewed here
http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-
releases-stories/apostle-urges-students-to-us
e-new-media
© 2007 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights
reserved.
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| J.G. Ballard: Shanghai Jim (BBC Bookmark 1991) |
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BBC Bookmark follows JG Ballard from
Shepperton to Shanghai and back, looking at
the scenes of his life which inspired his
autobiographical novels. This is a BBC
original production which aired in 1991,
directed by James Runcie. It chronicles J.G.
Ballard's first trip to Shanghai after he
first left it in 1946. He discusses his ilfe
and his work especially his two
autobiographical novels, _Empire of the Sun_
and _The Kindness of Women_.
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| J.G. Ballard - South Bank Show (Part 1/3) |
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Melvyn Bragg and Ballard discuss his
experiences as a medical student (encouraging
everyone to spend some time studying
anatomy), through to his discovery of science
fiction. Ballard talks about the influence of
the Surrealist painters on his early novels,
which all dealt with natural catastrophe (The
Drowned World, The Crystal World, The
Drought) and the death of his wife and the
effect this had on his fiction. They talk
also about Crash, Ballard's most
controversial novel, which inspired one
publisher's reader to write "This author is
beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish" -
which Ballard took as a huge compliment!
Ballard in turn talks about the obsessions
that have distinguished his fiction since he
first started writing, the nature of his
"cautionary tales" and his new book, Kingdom
Come. Contributors include long-time Ballard
fans Will Self, Iain Sinclair and Martin
Amis, with Self claiming that Ballard is
"this country's most significant post-war
novelist."
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