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Imaginary Numbers (1954) by Yves Tanguy. • “In all his writing, Ballard seems to embrace the opposed extremes of pulp genre conventions on the one hand and avant-garde experimentation on the other, while entirely rejecting the norms of conventional literary fiction that lie between these two extremes.” Steven Shaviro reviewing The Illuminated Man: Life, Death and the Worlds of JG Ballard by Christopher Priest and Nina Allan. • The Naturalist’s Library: A complete digital edition of William Jardine’s 40-volume series on natural history published 1833–1843. • New music: Cooked by Oren Ambarchi; Where Light Pauses In The Silence Of The Sun by Abul Mogard / Rafael Anton Irisarri. • Richard Dadd: the painter whose fantastical vision was unconfined by his 43 years in an asylum. • At Colossal: “Trompe-l’œil paintings by Jason Limon reveal a hidden skeletal world.” • “Adam Rowe is writing a new book about science fiction art.” • Mix of the week: DreamScenes – July 2026 at Ambientblog. • RIP…