Vermilion Sands by J.G. Ballard
99 stellavista

Vermilion Sands - 1971

This title is currently out of print in the U.S.

"Vermilion Sands is J.G. Ballard's fantasy landscape of the future -- a latter-day Palm Springs populated by forgotten movie queens, temperamental dilettantes and drugged beachcombers, with prima donna plants that sings arias, cloud sculptures, dial-a-poem computers and ravishing, jewel-eye Jezebels..."

  • commentary from back cover of Everyman Edition

Stories in this collection:

  • "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"
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