Died yesterday - or today - who knows with this silly timezone stuff from cancer. He of 'Crash' fame - not that crap recent movie, rather the book the Cronenberg movie was based on.
I like his stuff. It's bleak, visceral, sexual - powerful.
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It's intrigued me that with all the stuff I'm hearing / reading upon Ballard's death in the mainstream media, not once has he been referred to as a 'science fiction author.'
ReplyDeleteBut he was. One of the best, in fact.