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+ | James Graham Ballard (1930–2009) was an English author, best known for post-apocalyptic science fiction. |
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| + | [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._G._Ballard Link to Wikipedia article] |
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== From the books == |
== From the books == |
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| − | <blockquote>‘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. |
+ | <blockquote>‘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)</blockquote> |
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| + | <blockquote>「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)</blockquote> |
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| + | Interview (30 October 1982) in Re/Search no. 8/9 (1984)<blockquote>"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." </blockquote> |
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Latest revision as of 12:57, 27 October 2017
James Graham Ballard (1930–2009) was an English author, best known for post-apocalyptic science fiction.
From the books[]
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."