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Since I read "Why we are living in JG Ballard’s world" [1] in 2020 I've slowly been making my way through Ballards short stories, and each and every one of them
by ecliptik 3y ago
Since I read "Why we are living in JG Ballard’s world" [1] in 2020 I've slowly been making my way through Ballards short stories, and each and every one of them is treat.
Some fall flat, but ones like "Studio 5, the Stars" [2] about automated poetry hit hard in the modern context of ChatGPT and AI generated art.
1. https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2020/04/why-we-are-living-jg-ballard-s-world https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2020/04/why-we-are-l...
2. https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Studio-5-The-Stars.pdf https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Studio-5-The-S...
- Insanity 3y agoInteresting, thanks for sharing those links. Have not yet read anything by Ballard but will start with the short "Studio 5, the Stars" which you shared!