Signals in literature
Fascinating article by Tom McCarthy on the history of technology in literature, claiming "each technological appendage, to a large degree, embodies an absence, a loss." McCarthy argues mill, factory and radio were the lifeblood of literary modernism, and argues well. One thing though, "from Cervantes to Joyce" would have made much more sense as a subtitle, as Ballard is barely mentioned - note to subs, alliteration isn't everything (this coming from the serial alliteration abuser himself.)
The bridge of the darkness.
In the dust
there’s a ray
of light and
the first feeling
of a sadness,
and there, in
your eyes,
there’s a delicate
movement…
Francesco Sinibaldi