The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: J. G. Ballard
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—New Wave
- Time of Work: Primarily the near future
- Setting: Imaginary locales on Earth
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Future, Space flight or travel, Alienation, Diseases
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard contains nineteen impressive works published between 1957 and 1978 in such British and American magazines as New Worlds, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Amazing Stories. Together, these stories show the extraordinary imagination and range of Ballard’s storytelling. There are tales of spaceflight, urban isolation, psychological manipulation, and the outbreak of strange, imaginary diseases. The stories take place in the overcrowded cities of the future, on abandoned South Sea islands,...
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