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Jean Genet (1910 - 1986) interview
Jean Genet asks a BBC film crew why they don't rebel.
Ben Samuel
Jun 13, 20221 min read
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JG Ballard "What I Believe"
‘What I Believe’ is a prose poem originally published in French in Science Fiction #1 in January 1984.
Ben Samuel
May 5, 20224 min read
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Bruno Schulz "trying to occur"
The life and imagination of Bruno Schulz including drawings, a film of the mural discovery and a newly discovered short story by Schulz
Ben Samuel
Apr 28, 202210 min read
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"Advertisements" by J.G Ballard
"I created a series of advertisements which I placed in various publications..Of course I was advertising my own conceptual ideas,
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Experimental text collages by JG Ballard
Four Text Collages (Project for a New Novel), by J. G. Ballard. Experimental text collages by Ballard intended as a condensed novel.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Philip K Dick's bizarre delusions and paranoid fantasies
While recovering from drugs administered due to an impacted wisdom tooth, Philip K Dick began to have bizarre delusions.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Philip K. Dick discussing science fiction
Philip K. Dick interview (1977). Here he discusses how science fiction is viewed on a bottom rung of genres.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Infernal Dictionary (1818) Jacques Collin de Plancy
Infernal Dictionary (1818) by Jacques Collin de Plancy is a book of demonology it describes demons and organises them into hierarchies.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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JG Ballard returns to Shanghai
In 1991 JG Ballard returned to Shanghai to his childhood home and to Lunghua Interment camp.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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JG Ballard Discusses English Society In The 1950's
Interview with JG Ballard Discussing English Society In The 1950's
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20220 min read
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Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Old Horse'
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) died of a heart-attack 7th July. Shortly before his death he looked back on his life and drew this cartoon
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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A compendium of demons and magic (Around 1775)
A compendium of demons and magic with the enticing warning "Do not touch me" inscribed on the title page.
Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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