The Four-Dimensional Nightmare
Encyclopedia
The Four-Dimensional Nightmare is a collection of science fiction
short stories by J. G. Ballard
, published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz
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Some later versions substitute "Prima Belladonna" and "Studio 5, The Stars" with:
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
short stories by J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction...
, published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz
Victor Gollancz
Sir Victor Gollancz was a British publisher, socialist, and humanitarian.-Early life:Born in Maida Vale, London, he was the son of a wholesale jeweller and nephew of Rabbi Professor Sir Hermann Gollancz and Professor Sir Israel Gollancz; after being educated at St Paul's School, London and taking...
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Contents
- "The Voices of TimeThe Voices of Time (short story)The Voices of Time is a dystopian science fiction short story by British author J. G. Ballard. It was first published in the October 1960 edition of New Worlds , and later in the 1962 collection The Voices of Time and Other Stories. It is an early example of the Inner Space type of story which...
" - "The Sound-SweepThe Sound-Sweep"The Sound-Sweep" is a short story by J.G. Ballard in which the title character, a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. As all music has been outlawed and destroyed, the opera singer is obsolete...
" - "Prima Belladonna"
- "Studio 5, The StarsStudio 5, The Stars"Studio 5, The Stars" is a short story by British author J. G. Ballard, first appearing in the February 1961 edition of Science Fantasy ; it was reprinted in the anthology Billennium the following year. It later appeared in The Four-Dimensional Nightmare , Vermilion Sands and The Complete Short...
" - "The Garden of Time"
- "The Cage of Sand"
- "The Watch-Towers"
- "Chronopolis"
Some later versions substitute "Prima Belladonna" and "Studio 5, The Stars" with:
- "Thirteen to Centarus"
- "The Overloaded ManThe Overloaded ManThe Overloaded Man is a collection of stories by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1967 as a paperback by Panther Books.-Contents:* "Now: Zero" - A man discovers that he can cause deaths by writing about them in his notebook.* "The Time-Tombs"...
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