(P/B) THE COMPLETE SHORT STORIES (VOLUME 1)

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First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of Empire of the Sun, Crash, Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes.
With eighteen novels over four decades - from The Drowned World in 1962 to his final novel Kingdom Come in 2006 - J.G. Ballard is known as one of Britain's most celebrated and original novelists.
However, during his long career he was also a prolific writer of 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 Terminal Beach', 'The Venus Hunters', 'Vermilion Sands', 'Low-Flying Aircraft' and 'Myths of the Near Future'.
Set out in the original order of publication and frequently the point of conception for ideas he further developed in his novels, these stories provide an unprecedented opportunity to see the imagination of one of Britain's greatest writers at work. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Author's Note
Introduction by Adam Thirlwell
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 Sand
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
Interview with J. G. Ballard