My evil twin checked out a lot of Ballard books from the library, some of which I read and some of which I still have. I really like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Rise_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_Island

I find it hard to believe that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_America

didn't have some impact on Fallout New Vegas.