![]() ![]() ![]() Ballard had written (and spoken) very articulately about the intentions behind his recent work in some French publications, and I determined to get hold of them if I could, and print them for the first time in English. The word which will strike some readers as dubious is "advocating". ![]() Ballard "is advocating a life style quite likely to involve the sudden death of yourself or those you love". Though I have absolutely no wish to recant, I must listen when my editorial persona suggests to me that here is a case where the "equal time" rule might properly be applied - especially, perhaps, regarding one of the most controversial statement I made: that J.G. As editor, I became uneasily aware that some of the views I expressed as contributor (author of the previous article "Jerry Cornelius at The Atrocity Exhibition") were open to argument. There is necessarily something schizophrenic about an editor who is also a contributor to his own magazine. Here is Editor Peter Nicholls' original introduction: Ballard's Introduction to the French edition of Crash!, and 1974 interview with Robert Louitįrom Foundation, The Review of Science Fiction, Number 9, November 1975. ![]()
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