‘No-One Dances in Ballard': An Interview with Mike Ryan
by Simon Sellars I think I’m the only person I know who doesn’t own a record player or a single record. I’ve never understood why, because my maternal grandparents were lifelong teachers of music, and...
View ArticleAn Archaeological Find
LEFT: Ballard in the early 70s: the hair may be long, but this man is no hippy. Recently, Rick McGrath was in the process of wooing Toronto’s Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and...
View ArticleKosmopolis 08: Landing Gear
Photo: Simon Sellars. Sorry for the long absence — I promised ‘daily updates’, well, that didn’t happen. It’s taken me ages to get my thoughts down about Barcelona and Kosmopolis because the...
View ArticleTaking the Top Off His Skull: The Genesis of J.G. Ballard’s Crash
ABOVE: J.G. Ballard and his friend Dr Christopher Evans in the Sunday Mirror, 1968. The article describes their proposed play for the ICA, entitled Crash!. It was to feature a reconstruction of a car...
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