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JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 09:16
by inhuien
Below is a quote from
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/20 ... _obituary/
JG Ballard, self-confessed visionary of "the psychology of the future" and author of works such as Crash and Empire of the Sun, died on Sunday morning after a long illness. He was 78.
Ballard outgrew the 'cult author' tag to cross over into the mainstream. His novels were widely read, beyond the boundaries of the oft-derided science fiction genre. His popularity and the post-modernist themes of his work attracted critical acclaim and bestseller status. He is also rightly recognised as having predicted many of the themes of modern urban life in his dark, dystopian images of the present and near-future...
Another star flickers out.
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 11:09
by SandChigger
I've only read his
Empire of the Sun and
The Kindness of Women, that I recall.
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 12:04
by Omphalos
Ohhh. Man. Ive read a lot of his works. He just published book II of an autobiography last year (that was started with Empire of the Sun). This guy was the lead of the Brits who picked up SF after the near total collapse at the end of the fifties. I did not even know that he was ill.
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 16:34
by guild navigator
The Drowned World and Crash were both great. That's really a shame.
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 23:18
by Robspierre
Sad to see another great one go
Rob
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 23 Apr 2009 12:43
by GamePlayer
Never read anything by Ballard, but I did see Cronenberg's adaptation of Ballard's novel Crash. Definitely a memorable story.
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 23 Apr 2009 21:53
by SandChigger
I saw that. I don't remember anything except the kinky sex. Was there something besides the kinky sex?
Re: JG Ballard - 1930-2009
Posted: 23 Apr 2009 23:13
by Omphalos
SandChigger wrote:I saw that. I don't remember anything except the kinky sex. Was there something besides the kinky sex?
Yes. Crashes that led to kinky sex.