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Unauthorised Departures is a new anthology of quirky tales by some of today's best short story writers, your tour guides out being Maxim Jakubowski, James Goddard, Hunter Liguore, Rhys Hughes, David Quantick, Paul A. Green, Ana Teresa Pereira, Tom Frick, Eugen Bacon, Lawrence Russell, Andrew Hook, Lyle Hopwood, Elana Gomel, D. Harlan Wilson, David Paddy, Andrew Frost, Don MacKay, and Paul H. Williams. The Authorities are unaware of their activities. For now. So, whatever your favourite destination -- fable, science fiction, murder mystery, Japanese noir, satire, reports, fantasies, psychedelia... it's all here in 22 amazing stories designed to amuse, shock, and inform your imagination. It's a trip... and a journey!

A fascinating and unsettling anthology of 32 science fiction short stories in tribute to the prophetic dystopias of New Wave sci-fi pioneer, and literary titan of the twentieth century, J. G. Ballard--featuring Will Self, Iain Sinclair, Christopher Fowler, Chris Beckett, and a new Jerry Cornelius story from Michael Moorcock. Few authors are so iconic that their name is an adjective - Ballard is one of them. Master of both literary and science fiction, his novels such as Empire of the Sun, Crash and Cocaine Nights show a world out of joint - a bewildering, alienating and yet enthralling place. From his rapturously weird takes on contemporary reality to his classic dystopias like The Drowned World and High Rise, Ballard's legacy shaped the future of literature. This first-of-its-kind anthology, featuring our greatest literary and science fiction authors, and a new Jerry Cornelius story from the iconic Michael Moorcock, pays tribute to the unique visions of humanity's uncanny and uneasy clash with the future - our empires of concrete - seen through the warped lens of J. G. Ballard.

Colour photographs of oddly diseased fir trees in British Columbia, Canada.

Short stories, Photographs, Art, Travelogues, ersatz 'advertiser's announcements', computer-generated Ballard prose, and a Chronology -- all influenced by or inspired by the British writer J.G. Ballard. Large format, full color throughout.