J. G. Ballard

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J. G. Ballard

9 Quotations from J. G. Ballard

inner space n. 1962 J. G. Ballard Which Way to Inner Space? in New Worlds May 2 (title) Which way to inner space?… The biggest developments of the immediate future will take place, not on the Moon or Mars, but on Earth, and it is inner space, not outer, that needs to be explored.
lifeboat n. 1991 J. G. Ballard Dream Cargoes in Omni Feb. 59/2 The moment that Galloway, with a last disgusted curse, had stepped into the freighter’s single lifeboat, he, Johnson, had become the captain of this doomed vessel.
meteor storm n. 1992 J. G. Ballard Message from Mars in Interzone Apr. 8/1 The Zeus IV passed through an unexpected meteor storm, but the ultra-hard carbon fibre and ceramic hull, a byproduct of the most advanced tank armour, proved even more resilient than the designers had hoped.
Neptunian n. 1 1963 J. G. Ballard The Encounter in Amazing Stories June 100/2 I wonder what Charles is planning for the Congress? A Neptunian? Or perhaps a whole delegation from Proxima Centauri.
Neptunian adj. 1962 J. G. Ballard Passport to Eternity in Amazing Stories June 63/1 Tony mapped out an itinerary, slipped a flask of Five-Anchor Neptunian Rum into his hip pocket and dialled a helicab.
spacecraft n. 1963 J. G. Ballard Encounter in Amazing Stories June 98/1 It sounded fascinating, almost Swiftian in concept. This space-craft which arrives from Venus and the strange conversation the pilot holds with a philosopher he meets.
spaceward adj. 1962 J. G. Ballard Thirteen to Centaurus in Amazing Stories Apr. 40/1 In fifteen years a lot could happen, there might be another spaceward swing of public opinion.
time police n. 1960 J. G. Ballard Chronopolis in New Worlds Science Fiction (#95) June 71 Where did you get it from? Your parents? Don’t worry, the Time Police were disbanded years ago.
vessel n. 1991 J. G. Ballard Dream Cargoes in Omni Feb. 59/2 The moment that Galloway, with a last disgusted curse, had stepped into the freighter’s single lifeboat, he, Johnson, had become the captain of this doomed vessel.