This first volume in a two volume collection of the acclaimed short
stories by the author of "Empire of the Sun", "Crash", "Cocaine Nights"
and "Super-Cannes" – regarded by many as Britain's No. 1 living fiction
writer. With sixteen novels over four decades – from "The Drowned
World" in 1962 to his highly acclaimed "Super-Cannes" in 2000 – J. G.
Ballard is firmly established as one of Britain's most celebrated and
original novelists. For all that time he has also written short
stories; in fact, many people consider that he is at his best in the
short-story format.
These highly influential stories have appeared in
magazines such as "New Worlds", "Amazing Stories" and "Interzone", and
in several separate collections, including "The Voices of Time", "The
Terminal Beach", "The Day of Forever", "The Venus Hunters", "The
Disaster Area", "Vermilion Sands", "Low-Flying Aircraft", "Myths of the
Near Future" and "War Fever". Set out in the order in which they were
originally published, these stories provide an unprecedented
opportunity to review the career of one of Britain's greatest writers.
Contents:
- Prima Belladonna
- Escapement
- The Concentration City
- Venus Smiles
- Manhole 69
- Track 12
- The Waiting Grounds
- Now: Zero
- The Sound-Sweep
- Zone of Terror
- Chronopolis
- The Voices of Time
- The Last World of Mr Goddard
- Studio 5, The Stars
- Deep End
- The Overloaded Man
- Mr F. is Mr F.
- Billennium
- The Gentle Assassin
- The Insane Ones
- The Garden of Time
- The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista
- Thirteen to Centaurus
- Passport to Eternity
- The Cage of Sound
- The Watch-Towers
- The Singing Statues
- The Man on the 99th Floor
- The Subliminal Man
- The Reptile Enclosure
- A Question of Re-Entry
- The Time Tombs
- Now Wakes the Sea
- The Venus Hunters
- End-Game
- Minus One
- The Sudden Afternoon
- The Screen Game
- Time of Passage
