Re: J. G. Ballard wrote more than SF! And they were all awesome!
Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 04/09/2009 03:37:02 PM
Hal Duncan, Vellum; Ink
Yes!
Jeff VanderMeer, City of Saints and Madmen; Shriek: An Afterword; Finch (forthcoming); Veniss Underground
I've only read Shriek. I was not impresed, and Vandermeer now hates me.
Jeffrey Ford, The Physiognomy; Memoranda; The Beyond; The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque; The Girl in the Glass; Empire of Ice Cream; The Shadow Years
I think my love of Ford lies in how excellent his short fiction is. I've never read anything longer.
J.G. Ballard, Why the fuck aren't more people here talking about Ballard, especially since his writings have been more "prophetic" than most any other SF work of the past 50 years? - any of his collected fictions, or just Crash and The Vermillion Sands for starters.
Kelly Link, Stranger Things Happen; Magic for Beginners; Pretty Monsters
Stranger things happen used to be available online, for those who can read on a comp screen.
Joanna Russ, The Female Man
Yes, but she is unavailable in India.
And many, many more. Challenge: Who here has read half of these authors and/or books?
I haven't even heard of half of them, but I am playing my "have been ill" and "am in India" to win the "reasonably out of touch" game.
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