"Took 20 years to forget and another 20 years to remember." - J.G. Ballard with regards to the writing of Empire of the Sun. William S. Burroughs brought me here.

I've loved the works of Ballard since I was first introduced to them back in my teens (the 1970's).His books and short stories I've always found worth revisiting due to their depth and, occasionally, my failure to interpret their meaning correctly. Ballard has never written for idiots; he assumes a level of intelligence in his readers which is in itself refreshing. I was very sad to hear of his passing in 2009. There will never be another like him. Thank you for this video.

I love the modesty of his house, garden and study. He obviously could have afforded to live in a country mansion if he'd wanted to, since his novels were so successful.

wonderful interview

The Drowned World brought me here.

*paused at 2 minute mark* I'm just staring, attentively, at that paused image of his garden, attempting to siphon even a mere fraction of his creativity. My attempts might be futile though, as I think his creativity was spurred and nourished by all those little birds, chirpin' away almost imperceptibly in the background, quietly and poetically feeding Ballard their creative ideas from their little bird brains.

Coronavirus's spectral crown brought me here

My computer mouse brought me hear serendipitously.

'Buy a nightclub, or run off with a teenage girl.' How wonderfully 1980s !

THE HOLLY BIBLE BROUGHT ME HERE!

I'm buggered if I know what the dialectic is, but this 'The sixties' dream of the future [becoming] today's nightmare' I rather suspect is getting pretty close to it, i.e. white becoming black. Is that right ?