The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard,9780312278441

The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

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ISBN13: 9780312278441
ISBN10: 0312278446
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-07-06
Publisher(s): Picador
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Summary

First published in 1978, this collection of nineteen of Ballard's best short stories is as timely and informed as ever. Tales of the human psyche and its relationship to nature and technology as viewed through a strong microscope, they were eerily prescient, and now shed great perspective on our computer-dominated culture. Ballard's voice and vision have long served as a font of inspiration for today's cyberpunks, the authors and futurists who brought the information age into the mainstream.AUTHORBIO: J.G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, and The Kindness of Women. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. His latest book is Super-Cannes. He lives in England.

Author Biography

J.G. Ballard is the author of numerous books, including Empire of the Sun, the underground classic Crash, and The Kindness of Women. He is revered as one of the most important writers of fiction to address the consequences of twentieth-century technology. His latest book is Super-Cannes. He lives in England.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi
The Concentration City
1(20)
Manhole 69
21(22)
Chronopolis
43(24)
The Voices of Time
67(33)
Deep End
100(12)
The Overloaded Man
112(13)
Billennium
125(16)
The Garden of Time
141(8)
Thirteen for Centaurus
149(22)
The Subliminal Man
171(18)
The Cage of Sand
189(23)
End Game
212(21)
The Drowned Giant
233(11)
The Terminal Beach
244(21)
The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D
265(16)
The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race
281(3)
The Atrocity Exhibition
284(11)
Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy
295(4)
Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan
299

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