Comments on: Come in no. 27, your time is up http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rômulo http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1336 Rômulo Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:34:12 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1336 I'd put Ballard among the top ten. But, either way, the Time's guy doesn't seem to know what he's talking about - I found this text a bit strange. Did he ever read any of Ballard's early novels? I’d put Ballard among the top ten.
But, either way, the Time’s guy doesn’t seem to know what he’s talking about – I found this text a bit strange. Did he ever read any of Ballard’s early novels?

]]> By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1330 Simon Sellars Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:11:17 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1330 Chuck, you give the Times too much credit... Chuck, you give the Times too much credit…

]]> By: Chuck http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1331 Chuck Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:13:13 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1331 H-bomb as sexual climax? H-bomb as sexual climax?

]]> By: Chuck http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1332 Chuck Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:33:15 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1332 Best I can come up with is Jim's fascination with the wrecked Zero. The airplane as phallic symbol? I'm trying. Best I can come up with is Jim’s fascination with the wrecked Zero. The airplane as phallic symbol? I’m trying.

]]> By: John Coulthart http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1335 John Coulthart Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:31:27 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1335 Funny that dreary Anita Brookner is below Ballard in the list yet they recommend her novel which beat Empire for the Booker. Larkin at no. 1? Bollocks to that. Funny that dreary Anita Brookner is below Ballard in the list yet they recommend her novel which beat Empire for the Booker.

Larkin at no. 1? Bollocks to that.

]]> By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1334 Simon Sellars Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:59:20 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1334 Thanks, Peter. I've changed the post accordingly. It's an immutable law of the universe that when you are highlighting mistakes in other people's writing, you will surely make one of your own. All the same, I'd still like to know where this 'sexual fetishising of technology' occurs in Empire. Any clues? The writer also seems to make the mistake of equating the book with 'realism'. I find it as 'hallucinatory' as any of his novels. Thanks, Peter. I’ve changed the post accordingly. It’s an immutable law of the universe that when you are highlighting mistakes in other people’s writing, you will surely make one of your own.

All the same, I’d still like to know where this ‘sexual fetishising of technology’ occurs in Empire. Any clues? The writer also seems to make the mistake of equating the book with ‘realism’. I find it as ‘hallucinatory’ as any of his novels.

]]> By: Peter Cooper http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-27-your-time-is-up/comment-page-1#comment-1333 Peter Cooper Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:34:43 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/come-in-no-25-your-time-is-up#comment-1333 He's actually at #27.. sorry! That said, that's one sloppy piece of writing you've highlighted there. Not what I'd expect of The Times. The whole list seems a little bogus to me though; Philip Larkin at #1? Rowling at #42? I don't know. He’s actually at #27.. sorry!

That said, that’s one sloppy piece of writing you’ve highlighted there. Not what I’d expect of The Times. The whole list seems a little bogus to me though; Philip Larkin at #1? Rowling at #42? I don’t know.

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