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 Sam Neill.
• The Skeleton And The Roundabout (1968) by The Idle Race | Skeletal Framework (1981) by Eyeless In Gaza | Skeletal Remains (2002) by Bohren & Der Club Of Gore