''The Venus Hunters'' is a collection of short stories by British writer

J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, s ...

, first published in 1980 as a paperback by

Panther Books Panther Books Ltd was a British publishing house especially active in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, specialising in paperback fiction. Company history It was established in May 1952 by Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd. and titles carried the line ...

, and reprinted as a hardback in 1986 by

Victor Gollancz Sir Victor Gollancz (; 9 April 1893 – 8 February 1967) was a British publisher and humanitarian. Gollancz was known as a supporter of left-wing politics. His loyalties shifted between liberalism and communism; he defined himself as a Christian ...

. It includes: * "Now: Zero" * "The Time-Tombs" * " Track 12" * "Passport to Eternity" * "Escapement" * "Time of Passage" * "The Venus Hunters" * "The Killing Ground" * "One Afternoon at Utah Beach" * "The 60 Minute Zoom" The first seven stories are reprinted from ''

The Overloaded Man ''The Overloaded Man'' is a collection of science fiction stories by British writer J. G. Ballard, first published in 1967 as a paperback by Panther Books. Contents * "Now: Zero" - A man discovers that he can cause deaths by writing about them in ...

''; the other three are more recent.

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External links

The Terminal Collection: JG Ballard First Editions
1980 short story collections Short story collections by J. G. Ballard Panther Books books {{1980s-sf-story-collection-stub