Simon Sellars's guest appearances

Simon Sellars

Aufhebunga Bunga

Hermitix

Pandemic Playlists

Alex Tsakiris

John McAfee

Gordon White

Richard Gavin

James Howard Kunstler

John Cussans

Aaron French

Marshall McLuhan

Gregory Shushan

Jeremy Johnson

Glenn Greenwald

Jack Parsons

Aleister Crowley

John Michael Greer

Erik Davis

OwlTail

Simon Sellars is a writer and editor based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2005 he founded Ballardian, a website tracing the ongoing impacts of the writing of British author JG Ballard. In this talk we unpack some of the cultural timebombs waiting after CV-19, the impossibility to write science fiction in an era of fake news and the flood of doom-scrolling made possible by a nervous system attached to twitter.Simon Sellars https://www.simonsellars.comSimon on TwitterSimon on SubstackPandemic Playlists is a project by Emile Zile. Sound by Carl Anderson, Graphic by Lauren Messina. Supported by a City of Melbourne 2020 COVID-19 Quick Response Arts Grant, produced at Boyd Studios Melbourne.

Simon Sellars is a writer and editor based in Melbourne, Australia. In 2005 he founded <a href="http://www.ballardian" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ballardian</a>, a website tracing the ongoing impacts of the writing of British author JG Ballard. In this talk we unpack some of the cultural timebombs waiting after CV-19, the impossibility to write science fiction in an era of fake news and the flood of doom-scrolling made possible by a nervous system attached to twitter.Simon Sellars <a href="https://www.simonsellars.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.simonsellars.com</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/simon_sellars" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon on Twitter</a> <a href="https://sleepybrain.substack.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simon on Substack</a>Pandemic Playlists is a project by <a href="https://www.emilezile.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emile Zile</a>. Sound by <a href="https://two4k.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carl Anderson</a>, Graphic by <a href="http://www.lauren-messina.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lauren Messina</a>. Supported by a City of Melbourne 2020 COVID-19 Quick Response Arts Grant, produced at Boyd Studios Melbourne.

Attention span burnout, suburban rage quitting, CV-19 cultural timebombs with Simon Sellars

On Applied Ballardianism. Is it J.G. Ballard's world? Bunga talks Ballard with Simon Sellars, author of a new book on the great British sci-fi novelist J.G. Ballard. Urban decay, social breakdown, consumerism as social control and the Interzone.  Opening passage is taken from Ballard's 2000 novel 'Super-Cannes'.  Reading: Applied Ballardianism, Simon Sellars, Urbanomic  Subscribe: patreon.com/BungaCast

On Applied Ballardianism. Is it J.G. Ballard's world? Bunga talks Ballard with Simon Sellars, author of a new book on the great British sci-fi novelist J.G. Ballard. Urban decay, social breakdown, consumerism as social control and the Interzone.  Opening passage is taken from Ballard's 2000 novel 'Super-Cannes'.  Reading: <a href="https://www.urbanomic.com/book/applied-ballardianism/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Applied Ballardianism</a>, Simon Sellars, Urbanomic  Subscribe: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/bungacast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/BungaCast</a>

/109/ Bunga Goes Ballard ft. Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars is a writer and editor. He is the custodian of ballardian.com, and the co-editor of Extreme Metaphors: Interviews with J.G. Ballard 1967–2008. He has most recently published Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe In this episode we discuss the work of J.G. Ballard, Applied Ballardianism, theory, technology and writing. Links  Support the podcast

Simon Sellars is a writer and editor. He is the custodian of <a href="http://ballardian.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ballardian.com</a>, and the co-editor of Extreme Metaphors: Interviews with J.G. Ballard 1967–2008. He has most recently published <a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/applied-ballardianism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe</a> In this episode we discuss the work of J.G. Ballard, Applied Ballardianism, theory, technology and writing. <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.paypal.me/hermitixpod?utm_source=podiant&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Hermitix&amp;utm_term=Applied+Ballardianism+with+Simon+Sellars" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the podcast</a></li></ul>

Applied Ballardianism with Simon Sellars