Since I read "Why we are living in JG Ballard’s world" [1] in 2020 I've slowly been making my way through Ballards short stories, and each and every one of them is treat.

Some fall flat, but ones like "Studio 5, the Stars" [2] about automated poetry hit hard in the modern context of ChatGPT and AI generated art.

1. https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2020/04/why-we-are-l...

2. https://readerslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/Studio-5-The-S...