Ogdred Weary
ᛟᛒᛊᛏᛁᚾᚨᛏᛖ ᚲᛁᛗᚱᛁᚲ
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Something that may be of interest to @Yithian in particular: Applied Ballardianism by Simon Sellars. Partially autobiographical, the novel charts the descent first into obsession then madness of a travel writer and failed academic who is studying Ballard at postrgad level and becomes convinced that everything connects to Ballard, and the author is a prism through which the narrator discerns reality. It also features a reasonable amount of Fortean phenomena - UFOS in particular, though these are by no means the focus of the book and remain ambiguous. The prose is functional and it's not the sort of book that is a page turner, nor one where cares much, if at all, for the main character. One is here mainly for the ideas, which are by and large interesting, there's much discussion of Ballard's work and it's made me determined to read more by him.
https://thequietus.com/articles/25293-applied-ballardianism-simon-sellars-interview
https://thequietus.com/articles/25293-applied-ballardianism-simon-sellars-interview