War Fever is a collection of 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...

, first published in 1990 by Collins. It includes:

• "War Fever"
• "The Secret History of World War 3"
• "Dream Cargoes"
• "The Object of the Attack"
• "Love in a Colder Climate"
• "The Largest Theme Park in the World"
• "Answers to a Questionnaire"
• "The Air Disaster"
• "Report on an Unidentified Space Station"
• "The Man Who Walked on the Moon"
• "The Enormous Space"
• "Memories of the Space Age"
• "Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown"
• "The Index"

These pieces range from naturalistic narrative ("The Air Disaster"), through science fantasy

Science fantasy

Science fantasy is a mixed genre within speculative fiction drawing elements from both science fiction and fantasy. Although in some terms of its portrayal in recent media products it can be defined as instead of being a mixed genre of science fiction and fantasy it is instead a mixing of the...

("Dream Cargoes"), to stories told through footnotes ("Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown"), the index of an unwritten book ("The Index") and answers to unstated questions ("Answers to a Questionnaire").

External links

• The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions