>This reads like a very condensed version of David Foster Wallace's famous
>send up of Caribbean pleasure cruises, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do
>Again". The mind reels at what DFW in his prime could have made of Dubai.
Not to start a pissing contest, but I'll take Ballard anyday. Too much of the grad student in Wallace for my taste. If I want to read theory I'd rather take it straight out of the jar.