Some things really do make a chap wonder if reality has wandered into a Ballard story.

I can't work out if a blanket ban on air travel over the UK is a Wyndham or Ballard trope.

A bit of both, I think.

It would be a strange old world if it lasted a while.

Dear (self-)righteous campaigning types,
I believe what you're arguing about is the alleged right of someone to de/re/contexualise images1 without the express consent of the participants.Inasmuch as I am basically ok with the picture(s) from one of the early net.goth picnics being used in the context of 'Hey, look. There's [thingy]! Don't we all ( Read more... )

A couple of days in, and have I been troubled by a flattened affect, trouser-area bother or my brains leaking out of my ears ( Read more... )

Ballard on CSI. Much as one would expect. (Via the estimable Messrs Boing and Boing. Registration unfortunately required, but they do offer to send you email about Aussie rules footy, which may or may not light your boat.

This made me laugh immoderately:

Characterisation, we are always told, is the key to drama, but this is a literary notion ( Read more... )