Studio 5, The Stars
Studio 5, The Stars is a short story by British writer J. G. Ballard. It first appeared in the February 1961 issue of Science Fantasy and was reprinted in the collection Billennium the next year. It later appeared in The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (1964), Vermilion Sands (1971), and The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard (2006). The story is known for unusual technology and a subtle dystopian mood. Like other Ballard works, the residents of Vermilion Sands feel disillusioned and aimless, and the artistic world — shaped by exotic and decorative media — is in decline, what Ballard called a "visionary present."
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