Comments on: Ballardian Glamour

By: Anthony Osborne

Anthony Osborne — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:33:45 +0000

Actually, it was even worse … I went and mentioned Cronenberg – at which point she wanted to brand a large scarlet M on my forehead and have me horsewhipped. Me and my big mouth.

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:35:52 +0000

Hi Blaize, that’s a good point — his work captures the ever-shifting reality of becoming a conscious, sentient being. I think that’s why I was so amazed that someone could pin him down to a particular stance about women; to do that is to miss the infinite nuances in his writing, something which I think Joanne in the quote above captures.

By: Blaize

Blaize — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:55:08 +0000

Well, I’m a (female) (failed) academic, and I think Ballard is no more or less misogynistic than any other writer (male or female) of the last 100 years. The reason I love Ballard’s work is that as an author Ballard seems to love and hate everything and everyone all the time and in equal measures. I think we all do that to some extent; he manages to capture it in writing. Therefore: brilliant.

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:32:06 +0000

Wow, Anthony — Lynch too? Now that’s just going too far.

By: Anthony Osborne

Anthony Osborne — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:25:36 +0000

I had a very similar experience during a seminar on science fiction – the lecturer took immediate dislike to me on learning of my interest in Ballard and Burroughs … mentioning David Lynch just sealed her impression of me completely. Diane Purkiss, j’accuse! (One of your fellow Antipodeans, Simon)>