The Unlimited Dream Company
- The Unlimited Dream Company
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name = The Unlimited Dream Company
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image_caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
author = J. G. Ballard
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = Novel
publisher = Jonathan Cape
release_date = 1979
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media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 223 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-099-76941-7
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"The Unlimited Dream Company" is a novel by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1979. It was nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1980.
Plot introduction
In "The Unlimited Dream Company", a man named Blake crashes a stolen aircraft into the River Thames outside the London suburb of Shepperton. Whether he survives the crash, to become a sort of supernatural messiah for the small town, or if he actually drowns, and dying, imagines the whole thing, is never truly revealed.
External links
* [http://www.rickmcgrath.com/jgb.html The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions]
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