Acknowledgements



The research presented in this dissertation has taken a long time and has been sustained by the kindness, critical support and patience of a number of people.

For their critical conversations, interest, support and hospitality in the USA I would like to thank David Tafler, Ray Spiteri, Melissa McDougall, Karen Gilbert, Jeffrey Bussolini, Laura Fantone and Vanessa Holland. Monica Tandy, Eleanor Stevenson and Jack Stevenson provided a loving home for me and a base for my explorations of the Thames Valley, and enabled my contact with J. G. Ballard. I am grateful to Peter Mudie for support, introductions and advice. The History of Science Society (USA) helped me with some travel expenses to attend and address their Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, 2002. The International Centre for Advanced Studies at New York University kindly allowed me to attend a number of seminars in their Cold War Project.

Jim Eccles (Trinity Site, White Sands Missile Range), Russ Lee and Chris Moore (National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC) generously provided access to sites and documents to support my work. David Curtis and Biddy Peppin showed me their New Arts Lab archives, and took the time to share their memories of NAL events with me. I am particularly grateful to David Pringle for his time, for sharing his expertise in Ballard studies, and for documents and information from his considerable Ballard archive. I also wish to thank Andrew Russell and Guy Baxter at the Victoria & Albert Museum, who allowed me to view the Krazy Kat Archive at the V & A National Art Library Archive.

Professors Marnie O’Neill, Van Ikin and Bob White provided encouraging support for my research at short notice. I am very grateful for their help.

J. G. Ballard was kind enough to respond to my letters and to allow me to discuss my project with him in a long telephone conversation.

James Runcie generously made his personal copy of his film Shanghai Jim available to me when I had no other means of obtaining it.

Perth College made it possible for me to take long leave to work on this project. My students are a continuing source of critical inspiration. I also wish to thank my colleagues in the English Department at Perth College whose collective wit, intelligence, scholarship and intellectual energy has helped me in many ways.

For the use of their house by the sea I will always be grateful to Peter, Aileen and John Davidson. I could not have finished my work without their kindness.

For his inspiration, critical dialogue, steadfast encouragement and lovingkindness I thank my husband David Bromfield. This work could not have been done without him. My children, Dan, Rachel and Sophia were also always loving, patient and interested.

Associate-professor Daniel Brown has been my careful, generous and scrupulously conscientious supervisor. I thank him for his calm and incisive responses to each of many drafts, and his patience and critical guidance throughout this project. The shortcomings of this dissertation, however, are my responsibility.


Pippa Tandy, January, 2006



Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements