On an author with a worldview that is more arrested development than substance.
"Transgressive" isn't what it used to be. Maybe it never was.
An intriguing SF concept is soon plundered for a mere neo-noir plotline, but save the pieces anyway.
Why the current pop-culture Geek Movie Paradise orgy leaves me cold (again).
Why J.G. Ballard didn't write just "SF" or "litfic", but stories for and about our age.