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Vermilion Sands is a short-story collection by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1971. All the stories are set in an imaginary vacation resort called Vermilion Sands which suggests, among other places, Palm Springs in southern California. The characters are generally the wealthy and disaffected, or people who make a living off them, and parasites of various kinds. In the preface, Ballard himself wrote: "Vermilion Sands has more than its full share of dreams and illusions, fears and fantasies,... full article at wikipedia
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  • 9780099273585
  • 1975
  • 0586041613
  • 1988
  • 9780881844221
  • 1971
  • 0425019802
  • 1985
  • 0460022776
  • 1973
  • 0224008943
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