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JG Ballard Documentary - The Unlimited Dream Company – Archive & Interviews
This JG Ballard documentary assembles decades of interviews and archival material to paint a striking portrait of one of the most imaginative and provocative writers of the 20th century.
Ben Samuel
4 days ago2 min read


Jean Genet (1910 - 1986) interview
Jean Genet asks a BBC film crew why they don't rebel.
Ben Samuel
Jun 13, 20221 min read


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


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


"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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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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