Comments on: 'Child of the Diaspora': Sterling on Ballard http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:16:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 1 – 11 (2009): Review // tim maughan books http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-3915 Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 1 – 11 (2009): Review // tim maughan books Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:48:11 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-3915 [...] almost primeval desire for us to be witness to large scale disasters, in what Bruce Sterling once described as ‘psychic wish fulfillment’. As terrifying as it may be we want to see the destruction, [...] [...] almost primeval desire for us to be witness to large scale disasters, in what Bruce Sterling once described as ‘psychic wish fulfillment’. As terrifying as it may be we want to see the destruction, [...]

]]> By: Links for 27th April 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-87 Links for 27th April 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:01:25 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-87 [...] ‘Child of the Diaspora’: Sterling on Ballard [...] [...] ‘Child of the Diaspora’: Sterling on Ballard [...]

]]> By: Tomorrow Museum » Archive » Sci-fi hicks http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-86 Tomorrow Museum » Archive » Sci-fi hicks Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:24:03 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-86 [...] This is an aside titled 'Sci-fi hicks' dated 4/22/09 “Science-fiction writers can’t write about popular culture, even high culture, without trotting out their own self-importance… If you’d look at most science-fiction practitioners, they basically come across like a Nashville hat act. They’re hicks.” - Bruce Sterling [...] [...] This is an aside titled ‘Sci-fi hicks’ dated 4/22/09 “Science-fiction writers can’t write about popular culture, even high culture, without trotting out their own self-importance… If you’d look at most science-fiction practitioners, they basically come across like a Nashville hat act. They’re hicks.” – Bruce Sterling [...]

]]> By: Notes from Classy's Kitchen http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-85 Notes from Classy's Kitchen Sat, 20 Jan 2007 22:29:11 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-85 <strong>Dagens Wikipediaopslag: Reality-based community...</strong> Reality-based community: The aide said that guys like me were "in what we call the reality-based community," which he defined...... Dagens Wikipediaopslag: Reality-based community…

Reality-based community: The aide said that guys like me were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined……

]]> By: Vaughan http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-84 Vaughan Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:30:52 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-84 The link to part 2 has been fixed. Sorry about that. The link to part 2 has been fixed. Sorry about that.

]]> By: NoName http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-83 NoName Tue, 25 Apr 2006 04:06:43 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-83 Well, JGB wasn't and never been a hero. He wasn't and never been a prophet too as it is told by the journalists... JGB was the author who stole our souls away from outer space, you name it, and he dedicate all his carrer in landing us in some (unpleasent) places as if he was forever an aviator. Very kind aknowledgment from part of Mr Bruce Sterling. (BTW the link to part 2 of the interview , is not working...) Well, JGB wasn’t and never been a hero.
He wasn’t and never been a prophet too as it is told by the journalists…

JGB was the author who stole our souls away from outer space, you name it, and he dedicate all his carrer in landing us in some (unpleasent) places as if he was forever an aviator.

Very kind aknowledgment from part of Mr Bruce Sterling.

(BTW the link to part 2 of the interview , is not working…)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/comment-page-1#comment-82 Anonymous Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:32:48 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/sterling-on-ballard/#comment-82 everyone needs a hero- i will be there one day- everyone needs a hero- i will be there
one day-

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