Thread #24570003 - /lit/

Thread 24570003 - /lit/ [Archived: 51 hours ago]

Anonymous

7/21/2025, 5:09:55 PM No.24570003

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opinions on the work of J.G. Ballard?
Personally I am a huge fan of his work.
Currently reading his novel Super Cannes

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 5:31:44 PM No.24570047

>>24570003 (OP)
The vest sci fi novelist of his geberation, hands down.

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 6:01:52 PM No.24570114

>>24570003 (OP)
What's the best entry into his works? What is his best work?

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 6:10:38 PM No.24570136

>>24570003 (OP)
we had this thread like last week

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 6:21:06 PM No.24570159

>>24570114
>What's the best entry into his works? What is his best work?
most people agree it's either Crash or High Rise
my personal favorites are High Rise and Concrete Island
>>24570136
so what? I wasn't present when it happened

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 6:51:36 PM No.24570236

>>24570003 (OP)
>currently reading his Epstein novel
Supposedly a script is in development, Hollywood will never produce a child-sex trafficking movie for obvious reasons.

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 7:00:49 PM No.24570262

>>24570003 (OP)
love his style, it hits like crack

Anonymous

7/21/2025, 7:20:17 PM No.24570311

>>24570159
>so what? I wasn't present when it happened
You don't matter. Check the archive.

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Anonymous

7/21/2025, 7:25:45 PM No.24570327

>>24570311
what a pseudo-assertive discord weirdo

Anonymous

7/21/2025, 10:57:41 PM No.24570889

bump

Anonymous

7/21/2025, 11:27:05 PM No.24570972

>>24570114
Proabably his early apocalyptic works (the so-called "elements tetralogy").
The Drought is especially good. The Drowned World is great too.

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 12:50:04 AM No.24571191

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>>24570114

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 12:57:13 AM No.24571206

>>24570003 (OP)
Tried reading High-Rise
Got about halfway through before I put it down
Interesting idea for a plot but I didn't like his prose
Too dry and technical
Although he was a doctor(?), so I don't hold it against him
I'm more of an H.G. Wells kind of person

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 1:26:52 AM No.24571283

>>24570114
The Garden of Time is a great story

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:31:37 AM No.24571899

>>24570003 (OP)
I like the child rape and cannibalism in Empire of the Sun, because Spielberg's film has utterly hidden the novel. Generally I like having sex with objects.

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:38:14 AM No.24571910

>>24570003 (OP)
Crash gave me diamonds

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:09:12 PM No.24573098

bump

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:19:20 PM No.24573136

>>24570003 (OP)
I read Concrete Island and High Rise first and it made me a fan. High Rise is one of my favourite novels.
Then he's been hit and miss for me. Running Wild is fun. Didn't like Crash. Atrocity Exhibition is fascinating but it gets repetitive.

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:20:51 PM No.24573140

>>24570236
It's Cronenberg's son, theyll trust him

Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:42:31 PM No.24573226

>>24570311
>massive faggot
we've been having the same threads over and over for about a decade now, check the archive nigger.

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Anonymous

7/22/2025, 7:45:12 PM No.24573237

>>24573226
kys

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Anonymous