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Venus Smiles

and Other Vermillion Sands Stories

J G Ballard

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English
Vintage Classics
20 October 2026
Embark on a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with J.G. Ballard, sci-fi's psychedelic pioneer, and this short collection of his most mesmerising and mind-blowing stories from his invented desert dystopia- Vermillion Sands

Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims.

Out over the towering Coral D, sky artists paint the sky with clouds. A musical statue is broken down, but finds new life in unwanted places. A mysterious new resident introduces a new way of making poetry - aided by machine. Drawing together some of the most mesmerising and mind-blowing stories from J.G. Ballard's Vermillion Sands art-infused universe, this short collection is a passport into the genius of science fiction's most visionary pioneer.

Includes the stories- Cry Hope, Cry Fury!, The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral-D, Venus Smiles and Studio 5, The Stars

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS- classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
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Imprint:   Vintage Classics
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   110g
ISBN:   9781529986068
ISBN 10:   1529986060
Series:   Brief Encounters
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, China. After the attack on Pearl Harbour the family was interned in a civilian camp. They returned to England in 1946. In 1956 Ballard's first story was published in New Worlds. His first novel, The Drowned World, was published in 1962. Empire of the Sun, a novel based on his own experience in China, was published in 1984 and won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the James Tait Black Award and was filmed by Steven Spielberg. He is the author of many collections of short stories and novels, including Cocaine Nights and Super-Cannes.

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