J.G. Ballard dies at 78
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 21:12
one of my fave writers...
don't know how many times i read cocaine nights, the atrocity exhibition and myths of the near future...
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Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 21:19
one of my fave writers...
don't know how many times i read cocaine nights, the atrocity exhibition and myths of the near future...
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 22:17
that's real sad news. i read few his because of .. you know what, and he's also one of my favorite writer.
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 22:24
Feck.
Posted: 19 Apr 2009, 22:55
Gutted
One of my favourite books is The Drought
One of my favourite books is The Drought
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:39
awful news, one of my fav writers too.
lots more info and links here........
http://www.ballardian.com/rip-jg-ballard-1930-2009
lots more info and links here........
http://www.ballardian.com/rip-jg-ballard-1930-2009
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:07
great book. Conversely I finished the drowned world a couple of months ago - so uncomfortably claustrophobic.silentNate wrote:Gutted
One of my favourite books is The Drought
RIP JG
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:11
Terrible news - a favourite of mine.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:20
Mentioned on the BBC news the other day. No mention of Crash 
I always wondered why the stuff about Liz Taylor didn't make it into the film.
Sad loss.
I always wondered why the stuff about Liz Taylor didn't make it into the film.
Sad loss.
Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 14:28
Oh wank. They seem to be dropping all too frequently these days.
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 13:26
Ballard article in today's Guardian including a couple of references to 
...........http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/ap ... tecture-tv
...........http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/ap ... tecture-tv
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 14:16
Sad news. He was a real visionary.
'Like all great shopping malls, the Metro-Centre smothered unease, defused its own threat and offered balm to the weary.'
'Like all great shopping malls, the Metro-Centre smothered unease, defused its own threat and offered balm to the weary.'
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 14:26
Kingdom Come. One of the bestthe_inescapable_truth wrote:'Like all great shopping malls, the Metro-Centre smothered unease, defused its own threat and offered balm to the weary.'
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 14:45
Well it would, being Dave Simpson writing the music bit.Dr. Moody wrote:Ballard article in today's Guardian including a couple of references to
...........http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/ap ... tecture-tv
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 14:51
so it is, he manages to get in there quite a bit. 
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 15:05
And why not? 
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 15:46
That's because WE are becoming old sods. All our heroes are coming to a tricky age.EvilBastard wrote:Oh wank. They seem to be dropping all too frequently these days.
I don't see Tokio Hotel or Avril Lavigne drop dead any day soon...
IZ.
Posted: 21 Apr 2009, 23:14
Ballard shouldn't be mentioned in the same breathe as AvrilIzzy HaveMercy wrote: I don't see Tokio Hotel or Avril Lavigne drop dead any day soon...
Sadly I think she'd get more press if she died- we live in a sick, sad world
Enjoyed the Gruaniad piece in the G2 today