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Ballard: Big in San Marino!
Author: Simon Sellars • Jun 7th, 2008 •Category: academia, Ballardosphere, science fiction, visual art
Leigh P. emailed to tell me of this odd stamp sci-fi set issued in Sam Marino in the late 90s. Among the hard-SF names like Clarke, Heinlein and Asimov are not only Ballard but also Burgess and Orwell (both of whom, as far as I’m aware, wrote just one ‘SF’ novel apiece, while Ballard distanced himself from the genre a long time ago).
Leigh says:
I was procrastinating earlier (I’m in the process of completing a doctoral thesis, so this has indeed become somewhat of an artform) when I came across a picture of a bizarre 1998 stamp issue from San Marino, which depicted Ballard’s ‘The Drowned World.’ It might be worth posting something about it for philatelically-inclined Ballardians out there. Or not.
Thanks Leigh. I know what you mean about the procrastination. Not only am I also labouring through the last stage of a doctorate, but it’s taken me two months to get around to posting this.
In the words of Burgess, appy-polly-loggies!
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Very cool! I’ve tracked the stamp down (“stamp”? — it’s a big as a tablecloth) and it’s winging to me as I write. It should frame up nicely. Great find!