We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind -- mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch of advertising, the instant translation of science and technology into popular imagery . . .
Source: Introduction, 1974, to the French edition of Crash, 1973.
-- 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.