8 Responses to “JG Ballard Is Dead”

1. Leo- April 19th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

   Super-Cannes is still one of my top favorites.

2. diello- April 19th, 2009 at 11:32 pm

   Man, that sucks. Crash was high up on the best fucked-up books I’ve read.

3. earl- April 20th, 2009 at 3:59 am

   JG Ballard was an amazing writer even on up to the end. The guy lived a hell of a life.

4. Peter- April 20th, 2009 at 5:36 am

   Shit. I’ve read the interviews Ballard did with Re/Search and had my mind expanded. His ’60s speculative fiction still remain fresh and vital. Goodbye, man.

5. philelzebub- April 20th, 2009 at 9:53 am

   Concrete Island… one of those novels that leaves you screaming at the protagonist… awesome read.

6. The Drowned World was one of the most challenging and rewarding books I’ve ever read. « This Low- April 20th, 2009 at 10:09 pm

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7. seth- April 21st, 2009 at 3:51 am

   concrete island seconded. blew my mind.

8. Brad.- April 21st, 2009 at 5:45 am

   Ballard was writing social forecasts for the world we inhabit now, specifically that England would become a giant retail park peopled by celebrity worshipping sociopaths.
   Its poorer world without him.