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I’d never say that J.G. Ballard was one of my favorite writers and I don’t think you could get me to defend his prose style under any circumstances. But his influence on art, literature and film (which have in turn influenced me) is incalculable. There’s been a deluge of tributes, blog posts, and other articles since his passing last week and I don’t really have anything to share myself to really justify this post. But in grad school, through the provocations of his detractors I found myself finally connecting with his ideas.