The Illuminated Man: an unconventional portrait of JG Ballard

One of my favorite authors and highly recommend his short stories [1] and the "ambiguous apocalypse" trilogy - The Drowned World, The Burning World, and The Crystal World.

As one of collections intros said, Ballard is science fiction, but Inner Space, not Outer Space.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Short_Stories_of_...

It seems like the best authors - JG Ballard in this instance - are somehow resistant to modern biographers. Even the least worst Phillip K Dick biography (Divine Invasions) is over 30 years old!

Loved High rise, Concrete island, Empire of the sun. Also make sure to read this: https://www.jgballard.ca/uncollected_work/what_i_believe.htm...

"The 60 Minute Zoom" is a good short story to start with.

A favourite of mine. Do please check the interviews with him on youtube. Some authors try to show you the far future, he tried to show us the next 15 minutes.

I absolutely love JG Ballard. Crash is a classic, and High Rise is a fun one.

I thought I was broad-minded enough to read Crash - I wasn't. I did enjoy other Ballard books.

Am I the only one that misread the title and expected to see something about the reclusive Bellard ?