Memories of the Space Age

Memories of the Space Age

Dust-jacket illustration, Europe after the Rain, by Max Ernst.
Author	J. G. Ballard
Illustrator	Jeffrey K. Potter
Cover artist	Max Ernst
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Arkham House
Publication date	1988
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	216
ISBN	0-87054-157-9
OCLC	17954351
Dewey Decimal	823/.914 19
LC Class	PR6052.A46 M46 1988

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 .

Contents

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

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

• 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.

External links

• The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions