JG Ballard: Philosopher, Explorer

“Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.”

J. G. Ballard

‘James Graham Ballard (15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction.
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The literary distinctiveness of his work has given rise to the adjective “Ballardian,” defined by the Collins English Dictionary as "resembling or...