Born on this date in 1930: J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, author whose books include Crash, Empire of the Sun and Cocaine Nights.10 quotes.
In a totally sane society, madness is the only freedom.
Sooner or later, all games become serious.
Art exists because reality is neither real nor significant.
Unhappy parents teach you a lesson that lasts a lifetime.
My brief stay at the hospital had already convinced me that the medical profession was an open door to anyone nursing a grudge against the human race.
The future is going to be boring. The suburbanisation of the planet will continue, and the suburbanisation of the soul will follow soon after.
A general rule: if enough people predict something, it won't happen.
One of the things I took from my wartime experiences was that reality was a stage set... the comfortable day-to-day life, school, the home where one lives and all the rest of it... could be dismantled overnight.
I work for three or four hours a day, in the late morning and early afternoon. Then I go out for a walk and come back in time for a large gin and tonic.
If you can smell garlic, everything is all right.
The Combat Team series continues with Team Gamma, owned by Madeleine Earnshaw. Forced to abandon her plan to win the contest with a team of women, Madeleine knows her team is not perfect.
Graham has severe PTSD and amnesia: he is missing nine years of his life. He's also the prime suspect in a triple homicide which took place the day he disappeared.
Marcus has a secret he is afraid to reveal.
Stuart's power is most inconvenient outside of the arena.
Thunderbolt, a creature of unknown origin, looks like a monster, but is a mother grieving for her young, killed by humans. Joel not only has a suit of power armour, but an instant rapport with Thunderbolt. He is the only one who can truly communicate with her.
Swallow comes from a world without technology and lacks confidence. The other women on the team bully her.
Ray is Madeleine's right hand man, the person with a solution to almost every problem. But can he convince Swallow he is the one for her when she seems to wear her heart on her sleeve?
Edward has a casual attitude to training and tends to drink too much. His attraction to Madeleine's assistant Janice, although she spurns his advances, goes some way to improving his performance.
When Janice goes missing, the team unite to launch a search and rescue mission, and in the process discover a shocking threat to life on Earth as we know it.
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