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...words or less, describe your local paparazzi...
Ballard was the first SF writer to realize that there was something basically lunatic about space travel. Ballard never predicted events or devices; instead, he described future sensibilities--how it might feel, what it might mean. A bizarre contemporary event like the paparazzi car-crash death of Princess Diana is perfectly Ballardian. No flow chart, no equation, no profit projection could ever have predicted that, but if you've read Ballard, you swiftly recognize the smell of it. I daresay that's the best the SF genre will ever do--and no more should ever be asked...
...thing about the East Coast is that they have the Daily News and the New York Post. The paparazzi here come out of the gutter, and you never know when...
...been this intense since the first weeks of the scandal. Some of it isn't so bad. When she walked into a Los Angeles haunt, Lewinsky got a chorus of cheers. And it's common for people to stop, stare and offer unsolicited advice. But friends say the relentless paparazzi make her crazy. On Jan. 15 the New York Post ran an investigative report on Lewinsky's "chocoholic chow-down" the day before. Complete with unflattering photos of the "portly pepperpot," as the paper called her, the story detailed her order (a vanilla cupcake, a slice of chocolate-mousse cake...
...hiding. They cite declining circulation and ratings, which appear to contradict the public's statement to pollsters that they are tired of hearing about her. In return, the editors promise not to run any more pictures of her eating and to limit to six the number of paparazzi and TV crews stalking her at any given time. But Monica remains in hiding...