RIP JG Ballard
Monday, 20 April 2009
Author of the highly provocative and controversial novels ‘Crash’ and ‘Empire of the Sun’, JG Ballard succumbed to prostate cancer this past Sunday. Although he will most likely be remembered as a science fiction author with a passion for dystopic modernity, self-destruction and apocalyptic imagery, he is a true visionary. His influence was pervasive throughout the arts world, resulting a cultural phenomenon headlined by the adjective ‘Ballardian’.
Rest in peace. The fight is over.