Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.

Quote by J G Ballard

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Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung...

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung...

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's...

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does...

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does...

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of...

A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of...

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality....

Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality....

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow...

What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer...

The American Dream has run out of gas. The car has stopped. It no longer...