James Graham Ballard

James Graham Ballard (1930–2009) was an English author, best known for post-apocalyptic science fiction.

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English paperback:
"‘The future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.’ A man named Ballard said that. He was a science fiction writer.(p 24)"

Japanese paperback:
"「未来は一言で『退屈』だ、未来は単に広大で従順な魂な郊外とまるだろう. 昔、バラードって人がそう言ってた. SF作家. 」 (p 33)"

Original quote
Interview (30 October 1982) in Re/Search no. 8/9 (1984)"'I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.'"