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The Terminal Beach is one of Ballard�s most brilliant collections of short stories, ranging from the title story�s disturbing picture of an abandoned atomic testing island in the Pacific to the shocking Oedipal fantasy of �The Gioconda of the Twilight Noon�. At the heart of the stories lies the bitter paradox that the extraordinary creative power of man�s imagination is matched only by his reckless instinct for destruction. �One of the few genuine surrealists this country has produced, the possessor of a terrifying and exhilarating imagination � and a national treasure� Guardian (less)

The Terminal Beach is one of Ballard�s most brilliant collections of short stories, ranging from the title story�s disturbing picture of an abandoned atomic testing island in the Pacific to the shocking Oedipal fantasy of �The Gioconda (…more)