Two Essays (by Jean Baudrillard)

Baudrillard, Jean. "Two Essays." Arthur B. Evans, trans. SFS #55, 18.3 (Nov. 1991): 309-20.[1]

"Simulacra and Science Fiction" subtly suggests a useful way to differentiate "between machine robot-mechanics . . . and cybernetic machines like computers" (313). "Ballard's Crash" presents a controversial argument on J. G. Ballard's novel (q.v. under Fiction), making the point that "in Crash, technology is the deadly deconstruction of the body" (313). See the responses to JB's essay, SFS #55: 321-29, especially the cogent disagreements with JB's analysis of Ballard's tone.