Westward Ho! (novel)
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Westward Ho! is an 1855 historical novel written by British author Charles Kingsley, set in the Elizabethan era and written in a mock Elizabethan tone. It follows the adventures of Amyas Leigh, who se
Cover of an 1899 edition by Frederick Warne & Co
Frontispiece by Walter Sydney Stacey from an 1899 edition.
1920 edition illustrated with paintings by N. C. Wyeth
J. G. Ballard
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James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, t
Westward Ho! (novel)
…inspiration behind the unusual name of the village of Westward Ho! in Devon, the only place name in the United Kingdom that contains an exclamation mark. J. G. Ballard, in an interview with Vanora Bennett, claimed that being forced to copy lines from the novel as a punishment at the age of eight or nine was the moment…
Ballard's Vermilion Sands story "The Singing Statues" took the cover of the July 1962 issue of Fantastic, featuring artwork by Ed Emshwiller.
Another Emshwiller cover illustrating the Vermilion Sands story "The Screen Game" (1963)
Ballard's novelette "The Time Tombs" was the cover story on the March 1963 issue of If.
Ballard's grave in Kensal Green Cemetery