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J. G. BALLARD
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Fourth Estate An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 77–85 Fulham Palace Road London W6 8JB This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014 First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape in 1981 Copyright © J. G. Ballard 1981 The right of J. G. Ballard to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. Introduction © Ben Marcus 2014 ‘The Sage of Shepperton’ © Travis Elborough 2008 Author’s Note © J. G. Ballard 1994 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Cover by Stanley Donwood. Photography by Hecate Moon. Ebook Edition © JUNE 2010 ISBN: 9780007346967 Version: 2014-07-11 Table of Contents