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| 753.1 | Not Realy My Taste | ARTMIS::GOREI | | Fri Feb 24 1989 06:36 | 5 |
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I read "The Terminal Beach" many years ago but didn't enjoy it (too
"new wave"). Is this typical of his writings?
Ian G.
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| 753.2 | | RELYON::HIGINBOTHAM | heh? | Fri Feb 24 1989 10:20 | 15 |
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>> I read "The Terminal Beach" many years ago but didn't enjoy it (too
>> "new wave"). Is this typical of his writings?
Yes and no, Ian.
Check out a discussion we had in BOOKS notes 504.*
(Is Ballard's appeal too "lit'ry" for our little SF ghetto? I'm
surprised to see no previous discussion of the man's works
here in SF, when so many SF writers, right down to the cyberpunk
school, acknowledge his influence.)
Again, if you've seen his newest, fill me in
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| 753.3 | | ULTRA::SIMON | The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine. | Mon Feb 27 1989 13:08 | 6 |
| I recently read Ballard's novel "High Rise" and thoroughly enjoyed
it. A devastating satire, dark and grim, with subtle insights into
individual and mob psychology. Highly recommended.
-Rich
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| 753.4 | After I finish EMPIRE. | STRATA::RUDMAN | P51--Cadillac of the Skies! | Thu Mar 02 1989 16:58 | 4 |
| Re: -.1 Really? I picked this up 2 yrs. ago but haven't
started it. Guess I should...
Don
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| 753.5 | | ULTRA::SIMON | The exquisite corpse will drink the new wine. | Wed Mar 08 1989 09:45 | 8 |
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RE: -.1 (Don)
Yep, really. I picked it up in a bookstore determined not to buy
any more books (too many on my "to be read" list) and made the mistake
of reading the first paragraph. That did it.
-Rich
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| 753.6 | .0 + 10 mos. | KISHOR::HIGINBOTHAM | Uncle Scrooge vs. Richie Rich | Tue Nov 21 1989 10:46 | 9 |
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original question still unanswered:
can anyone give me the titles of the stories that make up
Ballard's "Memories of the Space Age"? The book is published by Arkham
and none of the bookstores I've checked carry it.
help! Brent
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| 753.7 | | RUBY::BOYAJIAN | Secretary of the Stratosphere | Wed Nov 22 1989 03:38 | 10 |
| I don't know if the stories therein were actually published
previously elsewhere.
As for the book, have you tried Avenue Victor Hugo on Newbery
Street in Boston? I'm sure that they carry the Arkham House
titles. You might want to ask for Spike MacPhee (who used to own
and run the Science Fantasy Bookstore in Harvard Sq.) -- tell
him I sent you.
--- jerry
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| 753.8 | | KISHOR::HIGINBOTHAM | Uncle Scrooge vs. Richie Rich | Mon Nov 27 1989 09:39 | 12 |
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Jerry,
I know that at least half of the stories have come from
elsewhere (Interzone, F&SF etc.), as I have read most of
the one's I have heard discussed and critiqued. Its the
one's I _haven't_ heard discussed I'm wondering about.
I'd heard Spike was involved over at Ave. V. H. and look
forward to seeing him. I'll tell him you said hello.
Brent
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| 753.9 | "Running Wild" | YUPPY::DEMBINA | Paulus Dembinius | Fri Jan 19 1990 09:54 | 13 |
| Recently out in paperback in the UK. This is a novella (only 80
pages long - and rather overpriced) relating a psychiatrist's
investigation into a mass murder in an exclusive housing estate
leaving 32 people dead and 13 children missing. The solution is
not too difficult to spot (in fact I think that the hardback version's
cover blurb gives the "secret" away) but it has a certain amount
of logic.
It's not one of his best , but still a nice filler until the next
novel comes along.
Paul
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| 753.10 | recent Ballard opinions? | LABRYS::CONNELLY | ylerab...tset rorrim eht dessap I | Sun May 05 1991 22:32 | 7 |
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Can anyone comment on Ballard's more recent novels? I haven't read anything
by him in a long time, but his novels from the late '60s (like _The Drowned
World_ and _The Crystal World_) are among my favorites, and his short stories
up to the point of the retrospective collection _Chronopolis_ were very high
quality stuff too.
paul
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| 753.11 | Good but not SF | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | len, EMA, LKG2-2/W10, DTN 226-7556 | Mon May 06 1991 10:54 | 8 |
| My impression is that Ballard has left the genre and is now writing
"regular" fiction.
I have seen a few reviews in the New York Times Book Review, mostly
positive.
len.
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| 753.12 | | RUBY::BOYAJIAN | One of the Happy Generations | Tue May 07 1991 04:13 | 7 |
| re:.10
Len is right. Ballard writes mainstream fiction these days. His
most well-known work at this point is undoubtedly EMPIRE OF THE
SUN because of the Spielberg film version.
--- jerry
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| 753.13 | | TECRUS::REDFORD | | Wed May 08 1991 19:01 | 15 |
| I believe his most recent novel is "The Day of Creation", which
is not SF, but has fantastic elements. "Magic realism" is probably
the trendy term to use. It's about a white doctor who lives near
a dry lake in a barren African country. A spring suddenly
appears in the lake, which floods and overflows into a river. He
follows the river to its end, believing that he is its creator
and seeing the growth and decay of life that the water brings.
Well-done, but with Ballard's depressing tinge of despair.
Incidentally, I've heard that David Cronenberg ("Scanners",
"Videodrome") is directing a version of Ballard's novel "Crash".
The book links sex, cars, and death, and is pretty strong stuff.
I couldn't stomach it, actually, but the movie could be impressive.
/jlr
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