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realthog ([personal profile] realthog) wrote2009-04-19 03:34 pm

damn


J.G. Ballard died this morning. It feels strangely like the passing of an age. Too many of the good people die before their time.


[identity profile] hutch0.livejournal.com 2009-04-19 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It does feel like the end of an era, doesn't it?

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2009-04-21 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)

Very much so. As I've just said to al_zorra, I wish we had a few more writers around today who were prepared to take the same sorts of risks he did.