Though it may seem that Ballard is writing the same book for the whole life but I do really love this book. Our usual suspects - emotionally deatachedThough it may seem that Ballard is writing the same book for the whole life but I do really love this book. Our usual suspects - emotionally deatached doctors and obsessed pilots, choreography of violence and speed, real time social experiments and vague subconscious motives, extreme metaphors and deep assignments. It's all there + a good story that holds well untill the very end. I'd rather gave it 4.8 stars, it's almost perfect. One of his finest novels and a great finale of JG Ballard's tremendously imaginative mind. ...more
A wonderful introduction/post mortem to JG Ballard, where a line of (non)fiction is appropriately blurred. Liminal, dense and elusive. Honor thy failuA wonderful introduction/post mortem to JG Ballard, where a line of (non)fiction is appropriately blurred. Liminal, dense and elusive. Honor thy failures and obsessions....more
Instead of an endless praise from incorrigible JG's fan, here's conclusion as brief as possible. Reading this book was like wondering through The GardInstead of an endless praise from incorrigible JG's fan, here's conclusion as brief as possible. Reading this book was like wondering through The Garden of Earthly Delights, particularly if you start from here: [image] Good luck!...more
For me J.G. Ballard epitomised what I was searching for in sci-fi (but I'd rather say, beyond the mere shell of it) and this book IMO epitomised BallaFor me J.G. Ballard epitomised what I was searching for in sci-fi (but I'd rather say, beyond the mere shell of it) and this book IMO epitomised Ballard in all his magnificence and pure power of Imagination. It's like watching slow but steady evolving of ones brilliant mind leitmotifs while they are performing constant re-entry in vast array of ingenious ideas and in the most condensed form. An Eye of The Storm, The Entire City. Yes, the book is long as hell and certainly is a daunting challenge (almost 100 short stories!), but it worth all the time in a world for every true fan of JG. Also I do hope that I shall revisit at least Vermilion Sands & Terminal Beach for time to stop in strange enchantment again. ...more
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