Vermilion Sands

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First Italian edition of the collection
First Italian edition of the collection

Vermilion Sands is a short-story collection by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1971, which contains the following stories:

  • "The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D"
  • "Prima Belladonna"
  • "The Screen Game"
  • "The Singing Statues"
  • "Cry Hope, Cry Fury!"
  • "Venus Smiles"
  • "Say Goodbye to the Wind"
  • "Studio 5, The Stars"
  • "The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista"

In the preface, Ballard himself wrote: "Vermilion Sands has more than its full share of dreams and illusions, fears and fantasies, but the frame for them is less confining. I like to think, too, that it celebrates the neglected virtues of the glossy, lurid and bizarre."

All the stories are set in an imaginary vacation resort called Vermilion Sands.

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