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This is a limited-edition collection of J.G. Ballard's short stories from Arkham House united around the theme of the failed US space program, mostly set in a deserted and desolate Cape Canaveral, with a scattering of lone ex-astronauts and others still dreaming of the Space Age.
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Grave, nostalgic, contemplative and intimate.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- J. G. Ballard
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 216
- Publisher
- Arkham House Publishers
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780870541575
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James Graham Ballard was born and raised in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China to a chemist. In 1943 the Japanese occupied the International Settlement and Ballard's family was sent to the Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center, where they were interned for two years until the end of World War II. In 1946, Ballard went to England with his mother and sister, and stayed on in England after his mother and sister returned to China to rejoin his father. In 1949 he went to King's College, Cambridge to study medicine, but he began writing fiction and abandoned medicine in 1952 to pursue writing. In 1953 he joined the Air Force and was sent to the Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to train. There he di
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