The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006
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The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Five: Of Fire and Night Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-7542-X, Aug 2006, £12.99, 708pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); SF novel.
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The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Four: Scattered Suns Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 1-4165-0290-4, Jul 2006, £7.99, 728pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) SF novel.
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Tau Zero Poul Anderson (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07732-8, Feb 2006, £6.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman); Reprint (Doubleday 1970) classic SF novel. Volume 64 in the SF Masterworks series.
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Broken Wings Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5718-9, Dec 2005, £17.99, 454pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant); Reprint (Pocket 2003) associational novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Broken Wings Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-8403-7, Mar 2006, £6.99, 454pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant); Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2003) associational gothic novel. First in a series. The author may or may not be Andrew Niederman.
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Falling Stars Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4088-9, Dec 2005, £6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant); Reprint (Pocket 2001) associational novel. Last in the “Shooting Stars” series.
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Midnight Flight Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5717-0, Apr 2006, £17.99, 377pp, hc, cover by Chris Nurse); Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2003) associational gothic novel, sequel to Broken Wings. The author may or may not be Andrew Niederman. [First U.K. edition]
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Midnight Flight Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-8402-9, Aug 2006, £6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Chris Nurse); Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2003) associational novel, sequel to Broken Wings.
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Smallville: Omnibus One ed. Anonymous (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-499-2, Jul 2006, £7.99, 649pp, tp); Omnibus of the first three adult novelisations from the series: Smallville: Strange Visitor by Roger Stern (2002), Smallville: Dragon by Alan Grant (2002), and Smallville: Hauntings by Nancy Holder (2003).
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Smallville: Omnibus Two ed. Anonymous (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-500-X, Jul 2006, £7.99, 649pp, tp); Omnibus of three novelisations: Smallville: Whodunnit by Dean Wesley Smith (2003), Smallville: Silence by Nancy Holder (2003), and Smallville: Shadows by Diana G. Gallagher (2003).
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Abandoned Alice Adriana Arden (Nexus 0-352-33969-1, May 2005, £6.99, 229pp, pb); Erotic fantasy novel, third in a series based loosely on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. Alice Brown returns again to Underland where humans are sexually enslaved by non-human captors.
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Broken Kelley Armstrong (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-342-2, May 2006, £6.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman); Dark fantasy novel, sixth in the Women of the Otherworld series, featuring werewolf Elena Michaels. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
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Children of the Serpent Gate Sarah Ash (Transworld/Corgi 0-553-81472-9, Sep 2006, £7.99, 748pp, pb, cover by John Howe); Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) fantasy novel. Book Three and last of “The Tears of Artamon”.
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Brass Man Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41159-4, Feb 2006, £6.99, 568pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings); Reprint (Tor UK 2005) SF novel in the Gridlinked sequence.
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Polity Agent Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-5498-0, Oct 2006, £17.99, 488pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings); SF novel in the Polity series, the fourth featuring Agent Cormac.
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The Voyage of the Sable Keech Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0140-2, Feb 2006, £17.99, 506pp, hc); SF novel. A sequel to The Skinner in the Spatterjay series. A trade paperback edition (-0141-0, £12.99) was announced but not seen.
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The Voyage of the Sable Keech Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41160-8, Oct 2006, £7.99, 584pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings); Reprint (Tor UK 2006) SF novel. A sequel to The Skinner in the Spatterjay series.
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The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84529-307-X, Jun 2006, £7.99, x+562pp, tp, cover by Joe Roberts); SF anthology of 19 stories based on speculative ideas taken to their extremes. Authors include Theodore Sturgeon, Harlan EllisonR, and Clifford D. Simak; there are three original stories by Stephen Baxter, Robert Reed, and Jerry Oltion.
- ix · Extreme Science Fiction · Mike Ashley · in *
- 1 · Anomalies · Gregory Benford · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Penguin/Roc, 2001
- 13 · ...And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Paul Di Filippo · ss Sci Fiction website Nov 19, 2003
- 32 · Crucifixion Variations · Lawrence Person · nv Asimov’s May ’98
- 52 · The Pacific Mystery · Stephen Baxter · nv *
- 74 · Flowers from Alice · Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross · ss New Voices in Science Fiction, ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003
- 89 · Merlin’s Gun · Alastair Reynolds · nv Asimov’s May, 2000
- 123 · Death in the Promised Land · Pat Cadigan · na Omni Online Mar ’95
- 184 · The Long Chase · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Feb, 2002
- 197 · Waterworld [as by Lee Godloe & Jerry Oltion] · Stephen L. Gillett & Jerry Oltion · nv Analog Mar ’94
- 239 · Hoop-of-Benzene · Robert Reed · nv *
- 268 · The New Humans · B. Vallance · nv Pearson’s Magazine Dec ’09
- 295 · The Creator · Clifford D. Simak · nv Marvel Tales Mar/Apr ’35
- 322 · The Girl Had Guts · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Venture Jan ’57
- 346 · The Region Between [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Harlan Ellison · na Galaxy Mar ’70; revised
- 393 · The Days of Solomon Gursky · Ian McDonald · na Asimov’s Jun ’98
- 451 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends, ed. Greg Bear & Martin H. Greenberg, Legend, 1995
- 485 · Undone · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Jun, 2001
- 515 · Judgment Engine · Greg Bear · nv Far Futures, ed. Gregory Benford, 1995, 1995
- 551 · Stuffing · Jerry Oltion · ss *
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The Black Masque Lisette Ashton (Nexus 0-352-33977-2, Jul 2005, £6.99, 258pp, pb); Reprint (Black Lace 1999) erotic fantasy novel.
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Sycorax J. B. Aspinall (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1278-0, Nov 2006, £12.50, 239pp, tp); Historical literary fantasy of a 15th century monk investigating the life of a supposed witch.
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The Clan of the Cave Bear Jean M. Auel (Hodder 0-340-83989-9, Mar 2006, £6.99, 587pp, tp); Reprint (Crown 1980) prehistoric novel. First in the Earth’s Children series.
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Celandine Steve Augarde (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54968-1, Aug 2006, £5.99, 487pp, tp, cover by Steve Augarde); Reprint (David Fickling Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in the Various trilogy.
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Mr. Vertigo Paul Auster (Faber 0-571-22908-5, Jan 2006, £7.99, 278pp, tp); Reprint (Faber 1994) literary fantasy novel.
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Fain the Sorcerer Steve Aylett (PS Publishing 1-904619-63-0, Jul 2006, £10.00, 94 + viii, tp, cover by Steve Aylett); Fantasy novella about a man given three wishes. Introduction by Alan Moore. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-64-9, £25.00) signed by both Aylett and Moore is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
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The Thousandfold Thought R. Scott Bakker (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-411-9, May 2006, £12.99, 503pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant); Reprint (Penguin Canada; Overlook Press 2006) fantasy novel, book three of The Prince of Nothing trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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The Warrior-Prophet R. Scott Bakker (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-410-0, Jan 2006, £7.99, 740pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant); Reprint (Penguin Canada 2004) fantasy novel. Book two of The Prince of Nothing after The Darkness That Comes Before.
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Capacity Tony Ballantyne (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42700-8, Nov 2006, £6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Recursion]; Reprint (Tor UK 2005) SF novel. Second in a series.
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The Atrocity Exhibition J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-711686-1, Sep 2006, £7.99, 184+22pp, tp); Reprint (Re/Search 1990) literary SF collection, to be read as a single, fragmented narrative. Originally from Jonathan Cape 1970, this edition includes the William Burroughs preface, the annotations by Ballard, and two of the additional stories from the Re/Search edition, but omits its illustrations and the other two additional stories. This new edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.
- vi · Author’s Note · fw, 2001
- vii · Preface · William Burroughs · pr, 1980
- 1 · The Atrocity Exhibition · ss New Worlds Sep ’66
- 19 · The University of Death · ss Transatlantic Review Sum ’68
- 41 · The Assassination Weapon · ss New Worlds Apr ’66
- 55 · You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe · ss Ambit #27 ’66; New Worlds Jun 1, 966.
- 65 · Notes Toward a Mental Breakdown [“Death Module”] · ss New Worlds Jul ’67
- 79 · The Great American Nude · ss Ambit #36 ’68
- 91 · The Summer Cannibals · ss New Worlds Jan ’69
- 103 · Tolerances of the Human Face · ss Encounter Sep ’69
- 129 · You and Me and the Continuum · ss Impulse #1 ’66
- 141 · Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy · ss Ambit #31 ’66
- 147 · Love and Napalm: Export USA. · ss The Running Man Sum ’68
- 153 · Crash! · ss The ICA Eventsheet, 1969
- 159 · The Generations of America · ss New Worlds Oct ’68
- 165 · Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan · ss The Magazine of Poetry Sum ’66
- 171 · The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race · ss Ambit #29 ’66
- 175 · Appendix
- 177 · Princess Margaret’s Facelift · ss New Worlds Mar ’70
- 181 · Mae West’s Reduction Mammoplasty · ss The Atrocity Exhibition, Re/Search Publications, 1990
- 185 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
- 186 · The Smile · ss Bananas #6 ’76
- 197 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
- 198 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
- 199 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
- 201 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
- 202 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
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Cocaine Nights J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-655064-9, Sep 2006, £7.99, 329+24pp, tp); Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational novel. A colony of British ex-patriates in Spain conceals a hidden world of crime, drugs, and sexual abuse. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.
- 5 · Cocaine Nights · Ballard. J. G. · n. Flamingo, 1996
- 331 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
- 332 · The Man Who Walked on the Moon · J. G. Ballard · ss Interzone #13 ’85
- 345 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
- 346 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
- 347 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
- 349 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
- 350 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
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The Complete Short Stories Volume I J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-724229-8, Sep 2006, £10.99, 773pp, tp); Reprint (Flamingo 2001 as half of The Complete Short Stories) SF/fantasy collection.
- vii · Introduction · in, 2001
- 1 · Prima Belladonna [Vermilion Sands] · ss Science-Fantasy #20 ’56
- 16 · Escapement · ss New Worlds Dec ’56
- 30 · The Concentration City [“Build-Up”] · ss New Worlds Jan ’57
- 51 · Venus Smiles [“Mobile”; Vermilion Sands] · nv Science-Fantasy Jun ’57
- 66 · Manhole 69 · ss New Worlds Nov ’57
- 90 · Track 12 · ss New Worlds Apr ’58
- 96 · The Waiting Grounds · nv New Worlds Nov ’59
- 128 · Now: Zero · ss Science-Fantasy Dec ’59
- 142 · The Sound-Sweep · nv Science-Fantasy Feb ’60
- 184 · Zone of Terror · ss New Worlds Mar ’60
- 202 · Chronopolis · nv New Worlds Jun ’60
- 228 · The Voices of Time · nv New Worlds Oct ’60
- 264 · The Last World of Mr. Goddard · ss Science-Fantasy #43 ’60
- 281 · Studio 5, the Stars [Vermilion Sands] · nv Science-Fantasy Feb ’61
- 317 · Deep End · ss New Worlds May ’61
- 330 · The Overloaded Man · ss New Worlds Jul ’61
- 345 · Mr. F Is Mr. F · ss Science-Fantasy Aug ’61
- 362 · Billennium · ss New Worlds Nov ’61
- 379 · The Gentle Assassin · ss New Worlds Dec ’61
- 393 · The Insane Ones · ss Amazing Jan ’62
- 405 · The Garden of Time · ss F&SF Feb ’62
- 414 · The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [Vermilion Sands] · nv Amazing Mar ’62
- 436 · Thirteen to Centaurus · nv Amazing Apr ’62
- 461 · Passport to Eternity · ss Amazing Jun ’62
- 482 · The Cage of Sand · ss New Worlds Jun ’62
- 507 · The Watch-Towers · nv Science-Fantasy #53 ’62
- 537 · The Singing Statues [Vermilion Sands] · ss Fantastic Jul ’62
- 550 · The Man on the 99th Floor · ss New Worlds Jul ’62
- 559 · The Subliminal Man · ss New Worlds Jan ’63
- 578 · The Reptile Enclosure [“The Sherrington Theory”] · ss Amazing Mar ’63
- 590 · A Question of Re-Entry · nv Fantastic Mar ’63
- 623 · The Time-Tombs · nv If Mar ’63
- 641 · Now Wakes the Sea · ss F&SF May ’63
- 652 · The Venus Hunters [“The Encounter”] · nv Amazing Jun ’63
- 685 · End-Game · ss New Worlds Jun ’63
- 708 · Minus One · ss Science-Fantasy Jun ’63
- 721 · The Sudden Afternoon · ss Fantastic Sep ’63
- 736 · The Screen Game [Vermilion Sands] · nv Fantastic Oct ’63
- 761 · Time of Passage · ss Science-Fantasy #63 ’64
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The Complete Short Stories Volume II J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-724576-9, Sep 2006, £10.99, 775pp, tp); Reprint (Flamingo 2001 as half of The Complete Short Stories) SF/fantasy collection. This edition drops the story ‘The Ultimate City’ (1976).
- vii · Introduction · in, 2001
- 1 · Prisoner of the Coral Deep · ss Argosy (UK) Mar ’64
- 8 · The Lost Leonardo · ss F&SF Mar ’64
- 29 · The Terminal Beach · ss New Worlds Mar ’64
- 51 · The Illuminated Man · nv F&SF May ’64
- 83 · The Delta at Sunset · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
- 100 · The Drowned Giant · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
- 111 · The Gioconda of the Twilight Noon · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
- 121 · The Volcano Dances · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
- 128 · The Beach Murders [“Confetti Royale”] · ss Rogue Jan/Feb ’66
- 136 · The Day of Forever · ss The Impossible Man, Berkley, 1966
- 155 · The Impossible Man · ss The Impossible Man, Berkley, 1966
- 174 · Storm-Bird, Storm-Dreamer · ss New Worlds Nov ’66
- 193 · Tomorrow Is a Million Years · ss Argosy (UK) Oct ’66
- 206 · The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race · ss Ambit #29 ’66
- 209 · Cry Hope, Cry Fury! [Vermilion Sands] · ss F&SF Oct ’67
- 227 · The Recognition · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 239 · The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D [Vermilion Sands] · ss F&SF Dec ’67
- 257 · Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan · ss The Magazine of Poetry Sum ’66
- 260 · The Dead Astronaut · ss Playboy May ’68
- 273 · The Comsat Angels · ss If Dec ’68
- 289 · The Killing Ground · ss New Worlds Mar ’69
- 298 · A Place and a Time to Die · ss New Worlds Sep/Oct ’69
- 307 · Say Goodbye to the Wind [Vermilion Sands] · ss Fantastic Aug ’70
- 323 · The Greatest Television Show on Earth · ss Ambit #53 ’72
- 330 · My Dream of Flying to Wake Island · ss Ambit #60 ’74
- 342 · The Air Disaster · ss Bananas Jan ’75
- 353 · Low-Flying Aircraft · ss Bananas Sum ’75
- 371 · The Life and Death of God · ss Ambit #66 ’76
- 381 · Notes Toward a Mental Breakdown · ss Bananas Spr ’76; Not the same as the story of the same title in The Atrocity Exhibition.
- 391 · The 60 Minute Zoom · ss Bananas Sum ’76
- 401 · The Smile · ss Bananas #6 ’76
- 413 · The Dead Time · nv Bananas Spr ’77
- 434 · The Index · ss Bananas Sum ’77
- 442 · The Intensive Care Unit · ss Ambit #71 ’77
- 452 · Theatre of War · nv Bananas Win ’77
- 473 · Having a Wonderful Time · ss Bananas Spr ’78
- 479 · One Afternoon at Utah Beach · ss Anticipations, ed. Christopher Priest, Scribner’s, 1978
- 493 · Zodiac 2000 · ss Ambit #75 ’78
- 502 · Motel Architecture · ss Bananas Aut ’78
- 517 · A Host of Furious Fancies · ss Time Out Dec 19 ’80
- 531 · News from the Sun · nv Ambit #87 ’81
- 569 · Memories of the Space Age · nv Interzone #2 ’82
- 602 · Myths of the Near Future · nv Myths of the Near Future, J. Cape, 1982
- 635 · Report on an Unidentified Space Station · ss City Limits Dec 10 ’82
- 641 · The Object of the Attack · ss Interzone #9 ’84
- 657 · Answers to a Questionnaire · ss Ambit Spr ’85
- 662 · The Man Who Walked on the Moon · ss Interzone #13 ’85
- 677 · The Secret History of World War 3 · ss Ambit #114 ’88
- 688 · Love in a Colder Climate · ss Interview Jan ’89
- 697 · The Enormous Space · ss Interzone #30 ’89
- 710 · The Largest Theme Park in the World · ss The Guardian Jul 7 ’89
- 718 · War Fever · nv F&SF Oct ’89
- 740 · Dream Cargoes · ss War Fever, Collins, 1990
- 757 · A Guide to Virtual Death · vi Interzone #56 ’92
- 760 · The Message from Mars · ss Interzone #58 ’92
- 772 · Report from an Obscure Planet · ss Leonardo Apr ’92
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The Day of Creation J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-722789-2, Sep 2006, £7.99, 287+20pp, tp); Reprint (Gollancz 1987) SF novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.
- 5 · The Day of Creation · J. G. Ballard · n. London: Gollancz, 1987
- 289 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
- 290 · The Secret History of World War 3 · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #114 ’88
- 299 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
- 300 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
- 301 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
- 303 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
- 304 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
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The Drowned World J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-722183-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 175+16pp, tp); Reprint (Berkley 1962) SF novel.
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Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-722152-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 351+32pp, tp); Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational novel.
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High-Rise J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-586-04456-6, Sep 2006, £7.99, 173+18pp, tp); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1975) SF novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.
- 5 · High-Rise · J. G. Ballard · n., 1975
- 175 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
- 176 · The Intensive Care Unit · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #71 ’77
- 185 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
- 186 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
- 187 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
- 188 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
- 189 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
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