UFOpunk: Mac Tonnies' Strange Blue World
Mac Tonnies is a Kansas-based writer of post-cyberpunk science fiction (recently published by the redoubtable Rudy Rucker). He’s also the author of the book After the Martian Apocalypse, a speculative...
View ArticleCrash! Voiceover Transcription (1971)
CRASH! (1971) from sdicht on Vimeo. ABOVE: Cokliss/Ballard on Vimeo. CRASH! Director: Harley Cokliss Writer: J.G. Ballard Starring: J.G. Ballard & Gabrielle Drake This a transcript of the...
View ArticleCrash! Full-Tilt Autogeddon
CRASH! (1971) from sdicht on Vimeo. by Simon Sellars CRASH! (1971) Director: Harley Cokliss | Writer: J.G. Ballard Starring: J.G. Ballard & Gabrielle Drake I wasn’t satisfied by just writing SF...
View ArticleDer Golem
John Carter Wood sent me this link to vintage German crash-test photos. These shots evoke the footage in the Crash! short film, where Ballard notes, ‘I remember seeing some films on television of test...
View ArticleMichael Jackson reads J.G. Ballard
According to Chris Nakashima-Brown: The Daily Mail reports on a recent sighting of the pop star on a late night bookstore run in Las Vegas. He apparently purchased a large quantity of SF. Begging the...
View ArticleKosmopolis 08: Switching stations
Thermonuclear noon at Sydney airport (photo: Simon Sellars). Further to this…. You cannot claim to be truly versed in international travel until you have taken a flight from Australia to Europe....
View ArticleThe Emergence of the Posthuman Subject
Registration here The Emergence of the Posthuman Subject Early Bird Fee 2-3 July 2010 To be Held at University of Surrey, Continuing Education Centre (CEC), 2nd Floor Senate House. Full Description The...
View ArticleMac’s gone
Sadly, Mac Tonnies, interviewed here on Ballardian last year, appears to be indefinitely retiring Posthuman Blues, his excellent, esoteric cyberfortean blog. But he has two new blogging gigs. One, on...
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