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“Sleep is an eight-hour peep show of infantile erotica.”

Quote by J. G. Ballard

Book:The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

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The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

This compilation showcases Ballard's distinctive style and explores themes of dystopian futures, psychological landscapes, and the impact of technology on human society. more

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J.G. Ballard was a prominent British novelist known for his unique science fiction and post-apocalyptic themes. His works often explore technology, consumerism, and human psychology, having a profound impact on subsequent literature and cinema. more

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“Perhaps violence, like pornography, is some kind of an evolutionary standby system, a last-resort device for throwing a wild joker into the game?”

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Book:The complete short stories

Source: The complete short stories

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“The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.”

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“The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.”

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“It's true that I have very little idea what I shall be writing next, but at the same time I have a powerful premonition of everything that lies ahead of me, even ten years ahead.”

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“Medicine was certainly intended to be a career. I wanted to become a psychiatrist, an adolescent ambition which, of course, is fulfilled by many psychiatrists.”

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“The surrealists, and the modern movement in painting as a whole, seemed to offer a key to the strange postwar world with its threat of nuclear war. The dislocations and ambiguities, in cubism and abstract art as well as the surrealists, reminded me of my childhood in Shanghai.”

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“I am a writer and always was; being a writer is an integral part of my identity. Being published, being well regarded, is a component of that identity.”

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“I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.”

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