- Chronopolis and Other Stories
-
Chronopolis and Other Stories
first edition coverAuthor(s) J. G. Ballard Cover artist Nicole De Jurenev Country United States Language English Genre(s) Science fiction short stories Publisher Putnam Publishing Publication date 1971 Media type Print (Hardcover, Paperback) Pages 319 ISBN 978-0-399-10141-0 OCLC Number 161039 Chronopolis and Other Stories is a 1971 collection of science fiction stories by J. G. Ballard. Originally published in the United States by Putnam, it was reprinted in paperback in 1972 by Berkley Books, under the title Chronopolis, subtitled "The Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard."
Contents
- "The Voices of Time" (New Worlds 1960)
- "The Drowned Giant" (The Terminal Beach 1964)
- "The Terminal Beach" (New Worlds 1964)
- "Manhole 69" (New Worlds 1957)
- "Storm-Bird, Storm-Dreamer" (The Impossible Man 1966)
- "The Sound-Sweep" (Science-Fantasy 1960)
- "Billenium" (New Worlds 1961)
- "Chronopolis" (New Worlds 1960)
- "Build-Up" (New Worlds 1957)
- "The Garden of Time" F&SF 1962)
- "End-Game" (New Worlds 1963)
- "The Watch-Towers" (Science-Fantasy 1962)
- "Now Wakes the Sea" (F&SF 1963)
- "Zone of Terror" (New Worlds 1960)
- "The Cage of Sand" (New Worlds 1962)
- "Deep End" (New Worlds 1961)[1]
Reception
Theodore Sturgeon praised the collection, saying "I know Ballard has made waves; I know he will not stop; I am most pleased to watch where he is going.[2]
References
- ^ Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
- ^ "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1972, pp.116-18
Works by J. G. Ballard Novels: The Wind From Nowhere (1961) • The Drowned World (1962) • The Burning World (1964) • The Crystal World (1966) • The Atrocity Exhibition (1969) • Crash (1973) • Concrete Island (1974) • High Rise (1975) • The Unlimited Dream Company (1979) • Hello America (1981) • Empire of the Sun (1984) • The Day of Creation (1987) • Running Wild (1988) • The Kindness of Women (1991) • Rushing to Paradise (1994) • Cocaine Nights (1996) • Super-Cannes (2000) • Millennium People (2003) • Kingdom Come (2006)
Short stories: "Mobile" (1957) • "Track 12" (1958) • "Zone of Terror" (1960) • "The Sound-Sweep" (1960) • "The Voices of Time" (1960) • "Studio 5, The Stars" (1961) • "Deep End" (1961) • "Mr F. is Mr F." (1961) • "Billennium" (1962) • "Minus One" (1963) • "The Recognition" (1967) • " The Day of Forever" (1967) • "The Concentration City" (1967) • "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan" (1968) "Venus Smiles" (1971) •
Short story
collections:The Voices of Time and Other Stories (1962) • Billennium (1962) • Passport to Eternity (1963) • The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (1963) • The Terminal Beach (1964) • The Impossible Man (1966) • The Overloaded Man (1967) • The Disaster Area (1967) • The Day of Forever (1967) • Vermilion Sands (1971) • Chronopolis and Other Stories (1971) • Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories (1976) • The Best of J. G. Ballard (1977) • The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (1978) • The Venus Hunters (1980) • Myths of the Near Future (1982) • The Voices of Time (1985) • Memories of the Space Age (1988) • War Fever (1990) • The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1 (2006) The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 2 (2006)
Essays and reviews Autobiography Miracles of Life (2008)
Film adaptations & work When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) • Crash! (1971) • Empire of the Sun (1987) • Crash (1996) • The Atrocity Exhibition (2001) • Aparelho Voador a Baixa Altitude (2002)
Categories:- 1971 short story collections
- Science fiction short story collections
- Short story collections by J. G. Ballard
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.