One car crash too many - RIP J. G. Ballard

EvaUnit02 on 20/4/2009 at 06:32

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050618/news)

RIP James Ballard at age 78, author of the literature that would be adapted into Cronenberg's Crash and Spielberg's Empire of the Sun.

Rogue Keeper on 20/4/2009 at 09:34

:(

Ok, now it's high time for me to read something from him.

Nicker on 20/4/2009 at 12:25

A genuine genius and giant. Why does the non-existent deity always take the good ones too early?

AR Master on 20/4/2009 at 12:43

Quote Posted by Nicker

A genuine genius and giant. Why does the non-existent deity always take the good ones too early?

heh, guys, maybe you didn't notice, but I'm simply above religious beliefs. just thought i would point that out to you in case you thought i might believe in *scoff* a sky wizard pink spaghetti unicorn. In fact, one might say that I'm an enlightened atheist.

you'll just have to

deal
with
it

EvaUnit02 on 20/4/2009 at 13:43

Oh, just shut up.

Chuck on 20/4/2009 at 13:47

Yeah, get back in the closet, you God-hater. This is not about you. Go piss on another person's eulogy thread.

gunsmoke on 20/4/2009 at 13:49

He was 78? Sounds like he led a long, productive life that touched more than a few people. I guess the tragedy is, it was sudden, and no one had time to 'prepare'.

Chimpy Chompy on 20/4/2009 at 13:52

I don't know his work well, but I did enjoy an anthology published of his sci-fi short stories. There was this theme recurring in some of them of the universe being old, winding down, dying that I found quite evocative.