By Dan O'Hara • Jun 24th, 2008 •
Category: America, Germany, archival, boredom, enviro-disaster, inner space, politics, psychopathology, religion, science fiction, speed & violence, the middle classes, war
This is the latest in Dan O’Hara’s back translations of German Ballard chats: an interview with JGB from 2005. This may well be the only time Ballard has been asked to consider the lyrics of Kanye West.
By Simon Sellars • May 28th, 2008 •
Category: Ballardosphere, Iain Sinclair, architecture, consumerism, leisure, suburbia, the middle classes, utopia
More Bluewater, less Ballard according to Michael Collins.
By Simon Sellars • Mar 8th, 2008 •
Category: David Cronenberg, Steven Spielberg, alternate worlds, film, humour, medical procedure, psychiatry, reviews, short stories, the middle classes
In 1991 Simon Brook made a short film from J.G. Ballard’s obscure 1963 short story, ‘Minus One’. Enjoy this super-rare screening of Simon’s film.
By Simon Sellars • Apr 9th, 2007 •
Category: Ballardosphere, politics, the middle classes, urban revolt
At the risk of incurring another bogey in the comments box, Dr John emails to inform me of a piece in the Guardian entitled ‘Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future’.
John writes: ‘It might just be because I’ve been getting ready for a conference on J. G. Ballard, but this [...]
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