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This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014

Published by HarperPerennial in 2006, 2008

First published in 1962

J. G. Ballard asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

‘The Drowned World’ © Martin Amis 2011

‘Reality Is a Stage Set’ © Travis Elborough 2006

‘Time, Memory and Inner Space’ © J. G. Ballard 1963

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Version: 2014-03-12

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