Comments on: Creating new worlds http://www.ballardian.com/creating-new-worlds Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maanskyn » shared items for 2009-01-29 http://www.ballardian.com/creating-new-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-3120 maanskyn » shared items for 2009-01-29 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:27:41 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=1390#comment-3120 [...] Creating new worlds [...] [...] Creating new worlds [...]

]]> By: Daniel http://www.ballardian.com/creating-new-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-3117 Daniel Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:30:44 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=1390#comment-3117 The second quote really captures the magic and geography of Ballard's worlds. Thanks for posting. I used to teach High Rise in a freshman writing class in a frozen literary zone of upstate NY - I'm not sure the students had any idea what hit them. Then again, who does? Pace, rhythm and decorum: that really hits the nail on the head. Such control within a basically out of control narrative: definitely Kafka's MO too, in many ways. The second quote really captures the magic and geography of Ballard’s worlds. Thanks for posting. I used to teach High Rise in a freshman writing class in a frozen literary zone of upstate NY – I’m not sure the students had any idea what hit them. Then again, who does? Pace, rhythm and decorum: that really hits the nail on the head. Such control within a basically out of control narrative: definitely Kafka’s MO too, in many ways.

]]> By: TimC http://www.ballardian.com/creating-new-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-3119 TimC Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:44:08 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=1390#comment-3119 This possibly shows the pitfalls of reading these things on the interwebs rather than on the page. Those three books which our pal Toby blethers about are part of the '1000 novels' list, but they were boxed-out separately from the main a-z list. It's obvious when you have the actual paper, but not when it's been split up for web publication like this. It does seem like our man is still in the scifi ghetto, though. Even with those novels, it would have been braver (and perhaps more accurate) to put MP in the 'state of the nation' list rather than the SF&F, or maybe Crash in 'love'. This possibly shows the pitfalls of reading these things on the interwebs rather than on the page. Those three books which our pal Toby blethers about are part of the ’1000 novels’ list, but they were boxed-out separately from the main a-z list. It’s obvious when you have the actual paper, but not when it’s been split up for web publication like this.

It does seem like our man is still in the scifi ghetto, though. Even with those novels, it would have been braver (and perhaps more accurate) to put MP in the ‘state of the nation’ list rather than the SF&F, or maybe Crash in ‘love’.

]]> By: Pedro Groppo http://www.ballardian.com/creating-new-worlds/comment-page-1#comment-3118 Pedro Groppo Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:04:22 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/?p=1390#comment-3118 I wonder what happened there - I saw the list last week and it contained The Drowned World, Crash and Millennium People in the SF and Fantasy category, and Empire of the Sun in the War & Travel one. If you go to the complete list the titles are still there - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fiction I wonder what happened there – I saw the list last week and it contained The Drowned World, Crash and Millennium People in the SF and Fantasy category, and Empire of the Sun in the War & Travel one.

If you go to the complete list the titles are still there – http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fiction

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