The Story
Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims.
Out over the towering Coral D, sky artists paint the sky with clouds. A musical statue is broken down, but finds new life in unwanted places. A mysterious new resident introduces a new way of making poetry - aided by machine. Drawing together some of the most mesmerising and mind-blowing stories from J.G. Ballard's Vermillion Sands art-infused universe, this short collection is a passport into the genius of science fiction's most visionary pioneer.
Includes the stories: āCry Hope, Cry Fury!ā, āThe Cloud-Sculptors of Coral-Dā, āVenus Smilesā and āStudio 5, The Starsā
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
Description
Welcome to Vermilion Sands, the fully automated desert-resort ready to fulfil your most exotic whims.
Out over the towering Coral D, sky artists paint the sky with clouds. A musical statue is broken down, but finds new life in unwanted places. A mysterious new resident introduces a new way of making poetry - aided by machine. Drawing together some of the most mesmerising and mind-blowing stories from J.G. Ballard's Vermillion Sands art-infused universe, this short collection is a passport into the genius of science fiction's most visionary pioneer.
Includes the stories: āCry Hope, Cry Fury!ā, āThe Cloud-Sculptors of Coral-Dā, āVenus Smilesā and āStudio 5, The Starsā
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
