The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard

by Ballard, J. G.; Burgess, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780312278441
• ISBN10: 0312278446
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-06
• Publisher: Picador

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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