An early story of Ballard, "The Voices of Time" blew my young mind as a teenager and single-handedly projected me toward a future career in distant places, a journey I could scarcely have imagined from my life on a remote midwest farm. It was immensely gratifying decades later to have an opportunity to thank the author personally after a lecture in London.

Just in case there are any "future me's" out there, here's a link to an unpredictable future adventure.

https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Voices-of-...