Comments on: Ballardian World News: The Parking Revolution

By: FJ Torres

FJ Torres — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:13:38 +0000

PS-
And what IF I decided to take Ballard as my savior? His works are better than any religion!

By: FJ Torres

FJ Torres — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:08:20 +0000

Ballard a guru? You dont know the half of it!
For example-
A Ballard story written in 1960 gave me a tip for today’s 3rd race at the El Comandante racetrack. I’m $3,000 richer for it.
Thanks Mr Ballard. I’ll leave rum and cigars at your shrine as usual…..

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:01:17 +0000

Oh dear. No one’s calling Mr Ballard a guru. Calm down yourself, and reread the post: “Class is of course a key to the secret history — in Ballardian terms — of this particular story, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out as the investigation unfolds.” It’s hardly a case of pinning it on the middle classes.

And who’s saying he predicted every second event? There’s a dictionary definition of “Ballardian” at the top of the page: “resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in J.G. Ballard’s novels & stories, esp. dystopian modernity, bleak man-made landscapes & the psychological effects of technological, social or environmental developments”. Collins English Dictionary.”

“Resembling”; “suggesting” — is that equivocal enough for you?

By: Slightly skeptical

Slightly skeptical — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 03:56:10 +0000

I can understand how you guys love Ballard and are enthusiastic about his excellent work, but isn’t saying that he predicted every second event in the news, as you sometimes seem to do, just pushing it a bit? I mean, who knows if the spate of letter bombings is a working or middle class thing? If it’s the former then Ballard hasn’t been writing about that segment of the population (ie one he knows little about, not coming from it) rebelling and has not predicted it.

Just calm down a bit on the whole ‘Ballard Guru’ thing. It’s not becoming or accurate.