Since J.G Ballard just passed away my attention was drawn to this:

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/9-jg-ballard-stories-that-must-be-film...

There are seven webpages there - The author, Sam Ashurst, even suggests stars and directors. He's obviously done a lot of research.

Here is a summary:

Nine J. G Ballard stories to put to film
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Already Done
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1.Empire Of The Sun (1987)

2.Crash (1996) -
3.The Atrocity Exhibition (2000) and -
4 Low Flying Aircraft (2002).

Not Done
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1,The Drowned World (1962)
2. The Burning World (1964)
3. The Crystal World (1966)
4. Concrete Island (1974)
5.Zone Of Terror (1960)
6. The Voices Of Time (1960)
7. Mr F Is Mr F (1961)
8.Venus Smiles (1971)
9. High Rise (1975)

I'm thinking of trying the Crystal World. I haven't read it yet, it sounds a bit like Ice-9 from Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle".