JG Ballard Dies

20 Apr 2009

The Science Fiction author JG Ballard has died at the age of 78.

I’ve read a couple of his books: Cocaine Nights and recently The Drowned World. Both of which I can best describe as atmospheric and odd.

He was a primary figure in the New Wave movement which dared to take Science Fiction in both a literary and experimental direction.

Via Boing Boing

Posted by James on Monday, April 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM

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Man, when I heard this over breakfast I felt like I'd been punched in the chest. Totally taken aback. He was one of my all-time favorite writers - not just of SF - one of my all-time favorite writers, period.

Wrote up my thoughts on it for my site, if you're at all interested.

http://www.republibot.com/content/breaking-news-jg-ballard-has-died-1930-2009

Republibot 3.0 | April 20, 2009 9:03 PM | Reply

That's a good obituary. I agree he was a great writer. I definitely need to read more of his stuff.

Author Profile Page James replied to comment from Republibot 3.0 | April 20, 2009 9:22 PM | Reply

Thanks. I appreciate that. He was one of those writers that challenged me just as I was starting to get bored with SF, and is largely responsible for me continuing to like the genre.

Republibot 3.0 | April 21, 2009 2:18 PM | Reply

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