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I used to have three Bs for great literature: Burroughs (William Seward II), Burgess (Anthony aka John Burgess Wilson) and Ballard (James Graham). All giants. Of these I must admit that Burroughs and Ballard were probably the greatest influences on my imaginative mind and that no others ever came even close to matching the profundity of those two.
An abyss has now opened up that can never be filled. I am losing both the tangible world and the imaginative world with each new day. I am sustaining personal losses which are equalling overwhelming. I am stalked by death, the invincible opponent to whom we must all bend knee.
This is a bad day.
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The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered As A Downhill Motor Race
http://www.evergreenreview.com/102/fiction/ballard.html
Michael Moorcock on Ballard's Death:
http://www.ballardian.com/rip-jgb-tributes-from-the-ballardosphere-part-2
Johann Hari: Was J.G. Ballard a prophet of doom - or the future?
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-was-jg-ballard-a-prophet-of-doom--or-the-future-1672070.html
The dark side of Dubai
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
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Of this last link all I can claim is that if you read it you will see the connection. It is as if Dubai were called into existence solely to reflect the living imagination of JG Ballard and now decays into ruin at the departure of the mind that held it all together.
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Warm Leatherette
by The Normal
See the breaking glass
In the underpass
See the breaking glass
In the underpass
Warm leatherette
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Hear the crushing steel
Feel the steering wheel
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Melts on your burning flesh
You can see your reflection
In the luminescent dash
Warm leatherette
A tear of petrol
Is in your eye
The hand brake
Penetrates your thigh
Quick - Let's make love
Before you die
On warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Warm leatherette
Join the car crash set
