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I mean that author is JG Ballard, he’s a legend with many classic works. There’s like at least two or three dozen articles, short story collections and novels o
by DoneWithAllThat 3mo ago
I mean that author is JG Ballard, he’s a legend with many classic works. There’s like at least two or three dozen articles, short story collections and novels of his that are worth reading. He’s one of the top dystopian fiction writers of all time.
- JKCalhoun 3mo agoYeah, "Crash" comes immediately to mind.
- red-iron-pine 3mo agois that really dystopian? is more kink by way of Paul Virilio
- bookofjoe 3mo agoNow there’s a name you don’t see every day on HN
- red-iron-pine 3mo agois one that should show up more, IMO. AI is proving his (mostly half-cocked) theories about speed correct. like a lot of the post-moderns he's 50-75% full of shit, but there are kernels of truth in there.
- JKCalhoun 3mo ago(You're right—I was responding I guess simply to the author's name, not the genre being discussed).