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Memories of the Space Age

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.

Memories of the Space Age
Dust-jacket illustration, Europe after the Rain, by Max Ernst.
AuthorJ. G. Ballard
IllustratorJeffrey K. Potter
Cover artistMax Ernst
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1988
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages216
ISBN0-87054-157-9
OCLC17954351
823/.914 19
LC ClassPR6052.A46 M46 1988

Contents

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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

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  1. ^ "MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE | Kirkus Reviews".
  2. ^ "MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE | Kirkus Reviews".
  3. ^ "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".
  4. ^ "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".
  5. ^ "MEMORIES OF THE SPACE AGE | Kirkus Reviews".
  6. ^ Mallon, Thomas (16 July 1989). "One Small Shelf for Literature". The New York Times.

Sources

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  • 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.
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