A Close Reading Of R.O.A.U.S.S.

Report on an Unidentified Space Station is a science fiction short by J.G. Ballard, an “English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, sex and mass media.” (according to Wikipedia). The story is publicly and freely available online, and it’s quite short, even ...