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"For instance, there is no exploration of outer space in Ballard’s fiction: there are no robots or supercomputers, and the scientist characters who continue to
by jdkee 2mo ago
"For instance, there is no exploration of outer space in Ballard’s fiction: there are no robots or supercomputers, and the scientist characters who continue to populate his novels are usually extremist cranks."
Ballard wrote at least four stories dealing with space and spaceflight. Most notable is his "Report on an Unidentified Space Station" which is quite haunting.
- nephihaha 2mo agoWasn't there one called "the Message from Mars". If I remember the astronauts didn't want to come out of their capsule when they returned to Earth.
- ludicrousdispla 2mo agoI highly recommend "Memories of the Space Age". >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_of_the_Space_Age >> https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jg-ballard/memories-space-age/ https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jg-ballard/memori...
- Hackbraten 2mo ago> Most notable is his "Report on an Unidentified Space Station" which is quite haunting. See also last month's thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501012 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501012