tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post5533551597477960529..comments2024-03-26T17:54:54.592+01:00Comments on Speculiction...: Review of Vermilion Sands by J.G. BallardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-78377144538646429702016-07-17T09:04:13.698+02:002016-07-17T09:04:13.698+02:00To be honest, I didn't really get an umbrella ...To be honest, I didn't really get an umbrella sense of setting reading the collection. Moreover, the characters (almost all white, middle to old age males occupying upper-middle class positions in society) tend to blend into one another. It's the ideas and psychological outcomes of the scenarios where Ballard hits his groove, I think. But I do agree that Vermilion Sands is a deeper work than, say, The Drowned World or The Drought, both of which are the equivalent of one of the short story ideas unpacked at novel length.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7670543499274741427.post-51587770144153602382016-07-17T02:33:54.157+02:002016-07-17T02:33:54.157+02:00Hi
I like Ballard and really enjoyed Vermillion S...Hi<br /><br />I like Ballard and really enjoyed Vermillion Sands, I think the fact the Ballard set a number of stories in the same town really allowed him to work through a number of his themes from different angles, tweaking and embellishing them as he moved through the stores. I got a real sense of place and community from this collection. As you say Ballard does not delve as deeply into the unconscious of any one character in this series of stories instead their actions speak for them and the stores while vintage Ballard are more conventional and concrete and the resolution a bit clearer than in some of his work.<br /><br />Regards<br />GuyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546069846136464138noreply@blogger.com