The Venus Hunters

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The Venus Hunters is a collection of short stories by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1980 as a paperback by Panther Books, and reprinted as a hardback in 1986 by Victor Gollancz. It includes:

  • Now: Zero
  • The Time-Tombs
  • Track 12
  • Passport to Eternity
  • Escapement
  • Time of Passage
  • The Venus Hunters
  • The Killing Ground
  • One Afternoon at Utah Beach
  • The 60 Minute Zoom


The first seven stories are reprinted from The Overloaded Man; the other three are more recent. The 60 Minute Zoom may be one of Ballard's best experimental pieces: one of the oldest plots is given a unique treatment, only possible in a society depersonalised through technology.

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