http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/05/jg-ballards-final-short-story-in-the-new-yorker/ Daily updates from the blog division of Quill & Quire, Canada's magazine of book news and reviews Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/05/jg-ballards-final-short-story-in-the-new-yorker/comment-page-1/#comment-190540 Paul Wed, 06 May 2009 14:34:17 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3933#comment-190540 I don't see what's captivating about it. Nothing happens. The character is as blank as his name, "B". It sounds like the start of a rather run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic story of the sort that most magazine editors would toss back into the slush pile as being just a thinly written cliche (were it not for the name attached). I don’t see what’s captivating about it. Nothing happens. The character is as blank as his name, “B”. It sounds like the start of a rather run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic story of the sort that most magazine editors would toss back into the slush pile as being just a thinly written cliche (were it not for the name attached).

]]> http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/05/jg-ballards-final-short-story-in-the-new-yorker/comment-page-1/#comment-190539 michel Wed, 06 May 2009 13:27:47 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3933#comment-190539 And, it's the people who've disappeared, not the countries. And, it’s the people who’ve disappeared, not the countries.

]]> http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/05/jg-ballards-final-short-story-in-the-new-yorker/comment-page-1/#comment-190538 Tim Chapman Wed, 06 May 2009 12:02:30 +0000 http://www.quillandquire.com/blog/?p=3933#comment-190538 It's not JGB's final short story, nor is it new. It was originally written for a French publication in 1981, and subsequently printed in Ambit (1984) and Interzone (1996) as "The Secret Autobiography of J. G. B******". It’s not JGB’s final short story, nor is it new. It was originally written for a French publication in 1981, and subsequently printed in Ambit (1984) and Interzone (1996) as “The Secret Autobiography of J. G. B******”.

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