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J. G. BALLARD:

Here's where you can find my articles about the author J. G. Ballard, a number of which have been published over at Ballardian.com:

• ‘Fulfillment in a Time of Nihilism’- Ballard and the British political philosopher John Gray: a mutual admiration society
• ‘A Fascist State? Another look at Kingdom Come and Consumerism’ - reconsidering Ballard's final novel
• ‘Ballard and the Vicissitudes of Time’ - a central theme in Ballard's fiction, as it appears in three stories from the early 1980s  
• ‘J. G. Ballard's Court Circular’ - a minor work from 1968 that nevertheless reveals much that is of interest
• ‘A Home and A Grave’- an alternative take on the novel The Unlimited Dream Company
• An article on the Unicorn Bookshop obscenity trial of 1968, which featured one of Ballard's stories
• ‘Angry Old Men’ - my interview with the author Michael Moorcock in which he discusses Ballard's influence
• An interview with the author and publisher Michael Butterworth where we discuss Ballard, Savoy Books, censorship, and much more  
• A series of discussions on ‘The Atrocity Exhibition’, transcribed from the JGB list on Yahoo Groups
• J. G. Ballard: A Collector's Guide (last updated 13 January 2013)

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PHILOSOPHY:

‘Transcript of a Conversation Between David Chalmers and One Other Person’ - I wrote this “spoof” dialogue while trying clarify my thoughts for an article on Chalmers’ anti-materialism. With hindsight, I believe it works better than the actual article, which in any event is unlikely to see the light of day.

And here’s a link to my Philosophy notes - a series of notes that I put together as part of an informal research project between 2000 and 2005:

1:  A brief introduction

2:  Mirroring reality: how not to think about the world

3:  An alternative metaphor

4:  Emergence, existence, and explanation

5:  Conscious experiences

6:  In lieu of a conclusion ...

Appendix:  Realism and the physical world