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Venus smiles (and other Vermillion Sands stories)
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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.
- Genres
- Sci-Fi
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- ISBN
- 9781529986068
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