Jon PENNYCOOK on Nostr: I hadn't realised that #JGBallard didn't have a computer nor use the Internet ...
I hadn't realised that #JGBallard didn't have a computer nor use the Internet directly. From an article written by his daughter:-
"never owned a computer or accessed the internet directly himself. I often offered to buy him a computer to save him endlessly typing out his successive drafts, but he always resisted it."
"accessed material from the internet via Claire Walsh, who would fax him interesting articles she came across."
https://beaballard.squarespace.com/writing-bea-ballard/the-greatest-tv-show-on-earth
#sciencefiction #Ballard #technology
"never owned a computer or accessed the internet directly himself. I often offered to buy him a computer to save him endlessly typing out his successive drafts, but he always resisted it."
"accessed material from the internet via Claire Walsh, who would fax him interesting articles she came across."
https://beaballard.squarespace.com/writing-bea-ballard/the-greatest-tv-show-on-earth
#sciencefiction #Ballard #technology