Ballardian Diversions

<p>Mix a curious JG Ballard aficionado with a computer and a lot of patience and imagination and you'll come close to Mike Bonsall's <strong>Ballardian Diversions</strong><em>,</em> a wide-ranging collection of games and explorations unique in the Ballardian world. Consult the tarot? Mike has concocted a set of <em>Terminal Tarot</em> cards based on JGB's prose poem, <em>What I Believe</em>. You can copy them and use Mike's Interpretations chart. Ever tried to imagine the topography of JGB's classic story, <em>The Terminal Beach</em>? Mike has mapped it out. Same with <em>High-Rise</em>. JGB read a Waverly encyclopedia in Shanghai as a child, and later sold it door-to-door. Ever wonder what possibly-influential art the young JGB devoured? Check some examples. Mike also studied to be a doctor, and read the same <em>Cunningham's Manual of Physical Anatomy</em> as Ballard did at Cambridge, and has linked the Manual's only-too-scientific drawings to JGB's often anatomical prose. How about AI-generated text in the Ballard style? Got it. Or guessing the name of a Ballard novel from lego clues. You get the picture. All full colour throughout.</p>