Memories of the Space Age
1988 collection of science fiction stories by J. G. Ballard
0-87054-157-9Dewey Decimal
Memories of the Space Age is a collection of science fiction stories by British writer J. G. Ballard. It was released in 1988 by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,903 copies and was the author's first book published by Arkham House. The stories, set at Cape Canaveral, originally appeared in the magazines Ambit, Fantastic Stories, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Interzone, New Worlds and Playboy.
Contents
Memories of the Space Age contains the following stories:
- "The Cage of Sand"[1]
- "A Question of Re-entry"
- "The Dead Astronaut"[2]
- "My Dream of Flying to Wake Island"
- "News from the Sun"[3]
- "Memories of the Space Age"[4]
- "Myths of the Near Future"[5]
- "The Man Who Walked on the Moon"[6]
References
- ^ "MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE | Kirkus Reviews".
- ^ "MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE | Kirkus Reviews".
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Memories of the Space Age by J. G. Ballard, Author Arkham House Publishers $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87054-157-5".
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: Memories of the Space Age by J. G. Ballard, Author Arkham House Publishers $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-87054-157-5".
- ^ "MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE | Kirkus Reviews".
- ^ Mallon, Thomas (16 July 1989). "One Small Shelf for Literature". The New York Times.
Sources
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc. p. 143. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 57.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 158. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 134–135. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
- Rossi, Umberto, 2009. "A Little Something about Dead Astronauts”, Science-Fiction Studies, #107, 36:1 (March), pp. 101–120.
External links
- The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions
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Works by J. G. Ballard
- 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)
- "Mobile" (1957)
- "The Concentration City" (1957)
- "Track 12" (1958)
- "Zone of Terror" (1960)
- "The Sound-Sweep" (1960)
- "The Voices of Time" (1960)
- "Chronopolis" (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)
- "Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan" (1968)
- "Venus Smiles" (1971)
collections
- The Voices of Time and Other Stories (1962)
- Billennium (1962)
- Passport to Eternity (1963)
- The 4-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)
and interviews
- A User's Guide to the Millennium (1996)
- Extreme Metaphors (2012)
- Miracles of Life (2008)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
- Crash! (1971)
- Empire of the Sun (1987)
- Crash (1996)
- The Atrocity Exhibition (1998)
- Low-Flying Aircraft (2002)
- High-Rise (2015)
