RIP JG Ballard 1930-2009

JG Ballard, the writer of such novels as Empire of the Sun and Crash succumbs to prostate cancer.

Ballard is a very big influence to culture. His novels and short stories help influence the post-Punk movement as well as Gary Numan and the Industrial movement. I’m movies, he was instrumental in the “Body Horror” genre started by David Cronenberg and Shinya Tsukamoto, both big fans of Ballard. In literature, both the Cyberpunk and Steampunk have it’s roots wrapped around his works.

The man was truly ahead of his time. It’s truly sad to see him go.

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