I've seen these pictures of a flooded London by Squint/Opera 2 in a few places:


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A profile of JG Ballard in today's paper:Even today I see High-Rise and The Atrocity Exhibition referred to as science fiction. It's partly shorthand, but it's also a way of defusing the threat. By calling a novel like Crash science fiction, you isolate the book and you don't think about what it is. You can forget about it ( Read more... )

A while ago I mentioned I was reviewing Lost Boys by James Miller for Strange Horizons. The review is forthcoming but as an advance preview here is one of the paragraphs that got cut:At this point let's stop for a moment to look at two over-inflated comparisons Little, Brown are trying to draw with their new author: JG Ballard and Rupert Thomson. ( Read more... )

I went to the opening lecture of the New New Town symposium at Rich Mix last night. It was given by Lars Larup on the topic of his unregulated adopted home, Houston, and it was absolutely fascinating ( Read more... )

1st Ballardian Festival of Home Movies (via the Graun.)

Hooray for Crash! I've no interest in watching it but at least it made me some money. Off to see Syriana tonight but I'm not really in the mood for torture so I hope there's not too much of that. Update: I also had some money on George Clooney but they didn't read out best supporting actor on the radio this morning so I forgot. Double score ( Read more... )

Was Ballard’s penis too small? No, as far as one can tell, but it hangs (by way of deed and reputation) over the collective consciousness like a too-ripe banana.
oletheros points me towards the wonderful Ballardian which contains very odd things like this.

Following on from the recent pondering about why people voted for Bush Kevin Drum has a very interesting anaylsis of the exit polls. He concludes that "moral issues" may well have been a red herring.

Adam Roberts reviews Jon Courtney Grimwood's new novel.

An astonishing revelation from Trevor Horn in Friday's Guardian: Video Killed The Radio Star ( Read more... )

Via Boing Boing, a fascinating looking book:


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J.G. Ballard in the 21st Century