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antirezyesterday at 9:38 PM1 replyview on HN

Loved High rise, Concrete island, Empire of the sun. Also make sure to read this: https://www.jgballard.ca/uncollected_work/what_i_believe.htm...


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Lioyesterday at 10:23 PM

I really enjoyed some of his later books too. Cocaine Nights and Super Cannes are great.

Like a lot of his books they seem simple until you dig into them. They fry my brain a bit but that’s surrealism for you.

Will Self has some good writing about Ballard.

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