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An edition of Memories of the space age (1988)

Memories of the space age

1st ed.
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This is a limited-edition collection of J.G. Ballard's short stories from Arkham House united around the theme of the failed US space program, mostly set in a deserted and desolate Cape Canaveral, with a scattering of lone ex-astronauts and others still dreaming of the Space Age.

Cover artwork 'Europe After the Rain' by Max Ernst, illustrated by J.K. Potter

The Cage of Sand (New Worlds Jun ’62)
A Question of Re-Entry (Fantastic Mar ’63)
The Dead Astronaut (Playboy May ’68)
My Dream of Flying to Wake Island (Ambit #60 ’74)
News from the Sun (Ambit #87 ’81)
Memories of the Space Age (Interzone #2 ’82)
Myths of the Near Future (F&SF Oct ’82)
The Man Who Walked on the Moon (Interzone #13 ’85)

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Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
216

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Memories of the space age
1988, Arkham House Publishers
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Table of Contents

The cage of sand
A question of re-entry
The dead astronaut
My dream of flying to Wake Island
News from the sun
Memories of the space age
Myths of the near future
The man who walked on the moon.

Edition Notes

Eight stories originally published between 1962 and 1985.

Published in
Sauk City, Wis

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6052.A46 M46 1988, PR6052.A46M46 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
216 p. :
Number of pages
216

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2038659M
Internet Archive
memoriesofspacea00ball
ISBN 10
0870541579
LCCN
88015075
OCLC/WorldCat
17954351
Library Thing
581013
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1604/9780870541575
Goodreads
70274

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