GabrielNeil21 (July 18, 2008 at 12:30 am)

A visionary writer, but something about his style sometimes annoys me - I think it's his obsession with psychoanalysis.I started off with his most recent book "Kingdom Come" and I thought it was genius - I always found those shopping-centre towns quite disturbing. At the same time, I think his view of humanity is too simplistic. In some ways I think Will Self follows on from him by creating a more complex picture of humanity.

TheHonourableJLD (July 2, 2008 at 1:56 pm)

I'm having a go at Super-Cannes, my first Ballard novel, and it's a really refreshing read! And I usually can't stand Science Fiction, though this isn't typical Sci-Fi.

amaxamon (June 28, 2008 at 7:26 pm)

Good writer, but his world-view is not very convincing. The new tyrants ARE coming out of the literal desert & jungle. Sorry, it is simply a fact. Not out of shopping malls. Screaming kids and fat Americans come out of shopping malls, not global tyrants.

ehunter2 (June 26, 2008 at 4:43 am)

Have you read it? I want to.

leamonfoot (June 20, 2008 at 11:08 pm)

BRILLAINT

subscooby (June 5, 2008 at 9:04 pm)

Tell me about it. I tried to read 'Cocaine Nights' recently. Couldn't finish it, it was too boring. 'High Rise', on the other hand is brilliant.

subscooby (June 5, 2008 at 9:02 pm)

Yeah. Ballards one of the most original voices in contemporary literature, and yet some hack borrows a scene from 'Apocalypse Now' for this documentary. Ah well, Ballards still ace.

keytoothed (May 26, 2008 at 10:35 pm)

One of my favorite contemporary writers, he and Ursula K. LeGuin.

kanyenke12 (April 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm)

I HATE YOU ALL!!

splatwacker (April 19, 2008 at 7:35 pm)

Thanks if I'm in the library I'll look for it.