djinoz & √-1 others on Nostr: It seemed like Ballard wanted to write a love letter to William S Burroughs. ...

It seemed like Ballard wanted to write a love letter to William S Burroughs. Fetishise objects (cars, chrome, concrete etc - i.e art of Jeffrey Smart) and mash them with primal drives (sex, death, voyeurism etc). Top shelf prose but overstayed its welcome for me.