J.G. Ballard R.I.P.

I'm not so into SF as an adult, but I always found Ballard's futuristic tales intriguing, he will be missed:

J. G. Ballard, a writer of dystopian, literary fiction whose novels and short stories of a contemporary society in insidious thrall to technology, the media and relentless progress both expanded and defied the genre of science fiction, died on Sunday in London. He was 78, and lived in Shepperton, west of London.