J.G. Ballard died this morning. He’s probably best known for books like Crash and The Atrocity Exhibition, and his memoir Empire of the Sun, but I found him through early (and definitely science fictional) works such as The Drowned World. His fiction did my adolescent and young adult head in. I’m sorry he’s dead.
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Yes. He was my first real exposure to Brit SF. He was a dear friend of our pal Michael Moorcock. I did not know him well, but I too am sorry he is gone from this world.
My friend just gave me Drowned World; I should read it, huh?