SF界の異端児、J.G.バラードの脳内を覗く：常識を覆す人物像に迫る

20世紀のSF文学に革命をもたらしたJ.G.バラード。彼の描く退廃的で予見的な世界観は、どのようにして生まれたのか？本稿では、そんな「幻視者」と呼ばれたバラードのあまり語られない人間的側面にスポットを当て、彼がなぜ今もなお現代エンジニアやクリエイターたちの感性を刺激し続けるのかを紐解いていく。

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

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

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_... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Short_Stories_of_J._G._Ballard:_Volume_1)

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... (https://www.jgballard.ca/uncollected_work/what_i_believe.html)

"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.

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!

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

Note that the title is probably an allusion to Ray Bradbury’s collection “The Illustrated Man”.