Post scriptum: J.G. Ballard, RIP

J.G. Ballard, who made it his life’s work to “picture the psychology of the future”, has passed away, aged 78. 

I recently drew a link between some of Ballard’s later work (Super Cannes and Kingdom Come) and the Guardian picture of plainclothes policemen, armed with batons, joining their uniformed colleagues at the G20 protests. 

I wonder if Ballard saw that picture and recognised how prescient his thinking has been ?

My article is here.  The AFP story announcing Ballard’s passing is here.