J G Ballard R.I.P.

Florya · 04.19.2009, 03:17 PM

Shit news.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8007331.stm

atsonicpark · 04.19.2009, 03:25 PM

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck, I just started reading The Atrocity Exhibition a few weeks ago. This is shit.

demonrail666 · 04.19.2009, 03:36 PM

Yeah. Very shit news.

MellySingsDoom · 04.19.2009, 03:38 PM

I know that JG was unwell for a long time, but this is still very sad news. RIP to a genuinely visionary talent.

Dead-Air · 04.19.2009, 03:43 PM

It was coming, and he knew it, but that doesn't make the loss for the world any less. One of the all time greatest.

joe11121 · 04.19.2009, 04:07 PM

Aw, RIP

Glice · 04.19.2009, 04:29 PM

I went to the Twombly exhibition last year with a friend. There was a new Richter exhibition. It was pretty good, but we were both surprised that someone like that, someone who's in proper history, in books and that, isn't actually dead. Same thing with Ballard, until today. Never really enjoyed him, shame he's dead, but I was genuinely surprised to find that he's not dead already.

Derek · 04.19.2009, 04:49 PM

Lame. RIP.

candymoan · 04.21.2009, 04:05 AM

sad news...

tesla69 · 04.21.2009, 11:35 AM

We knew it was coming but still no less saddening, I found his last novel to be as urgent and relevant as anything he ever has written. I did get to meet him once at a reading and he signed my copy of High Rise.

His collected short stories are finally coming out in the USA on City Lights I believe.

floatingslowly · 04.21.2009, 12:20 PM

fucking Empire of the Sun.

I was trying to tell my minion she should watch the movie but I kept insisting that it was called The Last Emporer.

curse my broken circuits...,3.,23t29342jfla.smd 9-

[Sandbag] · 04.21.2009, 12:45 PM

yeah this fucking sucks :*(

tesla69 · 04.21.2009, 02:10 PM

<I believe this has been in the works for some time, not simply in response to his death-Jim>
With the passing of author J.G. Ballard, who died on Sunday, Norton is preparing to publish a posthumous volume of his work. The house is set to release, in September, The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard. The volume, edited by Norton's executive editor Robert Weil, is, according to the house, the first complete collection of Ballard's short fiction to be published in the U.S. The collection will contain lauded Ballard short stories like "Belladonna" and "Report from an Obscure Planet," as well as two previously unpublished (in the States) stories, "The Secret Autobiography" and "The Dying the Fall."

atsonicpark · 01.16.2011, 02:06 PM

enjoyTHE J.G. BALLARD EBOOK COLLECTION: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SYPYEFFW (2.75MB)...

contained within are the following .pdf's (unless otherwise noted):

- garden of time
- dream cargoes
- billenium v1
...- escapement [html]
- cloud sculptors [txt]
- subliminal man
- dead astronaut
- runinng wild
- drowned giant
- crystal world
- wind from nowhere
- drowned world
- high rise
- burning world
- crash (david cronenberg's movie is based upon this)
- drought
- terminal beach
- ATROCITY EXHIBITION

more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard

enjoy.

nicfit · 01.16.2011, 02:48 PM

Enjoy libraries and bookstores, please.

(not "against" atsonic's post, just a general advice).

atsonicpark · 01.16.2011, 06:41 PM

well yeah, I love books, but people don't always have the money, not to mention I've never seen a ballard book in a local store.

Derek · 01.16.2011, 06:45 PM

I see tons of them. I also see his books in random record stores that don't usually sell books.

Glice · 01.16.2011, 06:45 PM

Libraries! You don't need money. Libraries!

atsonicpark · 01.16.2011, 07:37 PM

DEFINITELY never seen anything at a library. I got CRASH (based-on-the-movie version; the cover is different and such) at a borders once.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

I see tons of them. I also see his books in random record stores that don't usually sell books.

I don't. I don't ever see Burroughs stuff either. Luckily I have everything he's ever done thanks to amazon...

The Earl Of Slander · 01.16.2011, 08:41 PM

Really? I find both Ballard and Burroughs pretty regularly in stores...

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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	It was coming, and he knew it, but that doesn't make the loss for the world any less. One of the all time greatest. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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04.19.2009, 04:07 PM	#6
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	Aw, RIP
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04.19.2009, 04:49 PM	#8
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Lame. RIP.
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04.21.2009, 04:05 AM	#9
candymoan the end of the ugly Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: istanbul Posts: 855	sad news... __________________ /* nothing here...
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04.21.2009, 11:35 AM	#10
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	We knew it was coming but still no less saddening, I found his last novel to be as urgent and relevant as anything he ever has written. I did get to meet him once at a reading and he signed my copy of High Rise. His collected short stories are finally coming out in the USA on City Lights I believe.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	fucking Empire of the Sun. I was trying to tell my minion she should watch the movie but I kept insisting that it was called The Last Emporer. curse my broken circuits...,3.,23t29342jfla.smd 9-
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04.21.2009, 12:45 PM	#12
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04.21.2009, 02:10 PM	#13
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	<I believe this has been in the works for some time, not simply in response to his death-Jim> With the passing of author J.G. Ballard, who died on Sunday, Norton is preparing to publish a posthumous volume of his work. The house is set to release, in September, The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard. The volume, edited by Norton's executive editor Robert Weil, is, according to the house, the first complete collection of Ballard's short fiction to be published in the U.S. The collection will contain lauded Ballard short stories like "Belladonna" and "Report from an Obscure Planet," as well as two previously unpublished (in the States) stories, "The Secret Autobiography" and "The Dying the Fall."
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01.16.2011, 02:06 PM	#14
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	enjoyTHE J.G. BALLARD EBOOK COLLECTION: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SYPYEFFW (2.75MB)... contained within are the following .pdf's (unless otherwise noted): - garden of time - dream cargoes - billenium v1 ...- escapement [html] - cloud sculptors [txt] - subliminal man - dead astronaut - runinng wild - drowned giant - crystal world - wind from nowhere - drowned world - high rise - burning world - crash (david cronenberg's movie is based upon this) - drought - terminal beach - ATROCITY EXHIBITION more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard enjoy. __________________
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Enjoy libraries and bookstores, please. (not "against" atsonic's post, just a general advice). __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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01.16.2011, 06:41 PM	#16
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	well yeah, I love books, but people don't always have the money, not to mention I've never seen a ballard book in a local store. __________________
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Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	I see tons of them. I also see his books in random record stores that don't usually sell books.
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The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Really? I find both Ballard and Burroughs pretty regularly in stores... __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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