Comments on: 'Naive allegory; messianic tendencies'

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:16:46 +0000

I too like the graphics, quite a bit actually, and I don’t think the actual review itself is that bad, being more an encapsulation than anything (certainly, there have been far more scathing reviews of KC) although I am puzzled by the ‘messianic tendencies’ Ballard himself is supposed to embody.

By: Fred Friendly

Fred Friendly — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:24:05 +0000

Can any one say “Situationist International”?

I love the idea of a comic strip review of a novel, but a pity the review is so brief.

By: TimC

TimC — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:55:18 +0000

I particularly like the way the caption about ‘o gigantesco Metro-Centre’ is illustrated by a Tesco supermarket. Cunning wordplay, or summat.

By: Mark Burgess

Mark Burgess — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:22:46 +0000

I think the comic strip alone without the text conveys the feel of the book superbly. I somehow doubt this was intentional but it is very Ballardian in its form. It reminds me of those old Michael Moorcock-edited New Worlds illustrations that accompanied the stories.

By: Pedro Groppo

Pedro Groppo — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:11:52 +0000

Oh, there’s nothing more naive than this review… A couple of friends to whom I’ve showed this and haven’t read the book said that this makes Ballard look terrible.