''The 4-Dimensional Nightmare'', also known as ''Voices of Time'', is a collection of
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
short stories by British writer
J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist known for provocative works of fiction which explored the relations between human psychology, technology, sex, and mass medi ...
, published in 1963 by
Victor Gollancz
Sir Victor Gollancz (; 9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967) was a British publisher and humanitarian.
Gollancz was known as a supporter of left-wing causes. His loyalties shifted between liberalism and communism, but he defined himself as a Christ ...
.
Contents
* "
The Voices of Time"
* "
The Sound-Sweep"
* "
Prima Belladonna"
* "
Studio 5, The Stars
"Studio 5, The Stars" is a short story by British author J. G. Ballard. First appearing in the February 1961 edition of ''Science Fantasy'' (Volume 15, Number 43); it was reprinted in the collection '' Billennium'' the following year. It later appe ...
"
* "
The Garden of Time"
* "
The Cage of Sand"
* "
The Watch-Towers"
* "
Chronopolis"
Some later versions substitute "Prima Belladonna" and "Studio 5, The Stars" with:
* "
Thirteen to Centaurus"
* "
The Overloaded Man"
Release
''The 4-Dimensional Nightmare'' was first published in the United Kingdom in 1963, through
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd () was a major British book publishing house of the twentieth century and continues to publish science fiction and fantasy titles as an imprint of Orion Publishing Group.
Gollancz was founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz, an ...
. It was given a United States release in 1965 through
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.[New Worlds Science Fiction
''New Worlds'' was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called ''Novae Terrae''. John Carnell, who became ''Novae Terrae''s editor in 1939, renamed it ''New Worlds'' that year. He was instrumental in turning it into ...]
''. ''
Locus
Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to:
Entertainment
* Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front
* ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine
** ''Locus Award' ...
'' also reviewed the work, noting that "Although their formal experimentation seems mild in comparison to much later Ballard, these stories seem utterly distinct from any other SF that was being written around this time, at least within the walls of genre publishing."
References
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External links
The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions*
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1963 short story collections
Short story collections by J. G. Ballard
Victor Gollancz Ltd books