Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.
Source: Fictions of Every Kind, in Books and Bookmen, (London), Feb 1971.
-- J G Ballard, (Nov 15 1930-2009), English novelist; He writes books of surrealistic fiction with apocalyptic themes; wrote the best-selling novel Empire of the Sun, 1984.