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J. Ballard – Hello America (страница 1)

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J. G. BALLARD

Hello America

Copyright

Fourth Estate

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This edition published by Fourth Estate in 2014

First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape in 1981

Copyright © J. G. Ballard 1981

The right of J. G. Ballard to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988.

Introduction © Ben Marcus 2014

‘The Sage of Shepperton’ © Travis Elborough 2008

Author’s Note © J. G. Ballard 1994

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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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Cover by Stanley Donwood.

Photography by Hecate Moon.

Ebook Edition © JUNE 2010 ISBN: 9780007346967

Version: 2014-07-11

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

9 The Indians

10 The Starship

11 The Oval Office

12 Camels and A-Bombs

13 West

14 Wayne’s Diary: Part One

15 Giants in the Sky

16 Rescue

17 Across the Rockies

18 The Electrographic Dream

19 The Hughes Suite

20 Wayne’s Diary: Part Two

21 Crash-landing

22 The House of Presidents

23 The Sunlight Flier

24 A Graduate of Spandau

25 Siege

26 Titans and Cruises

27 Love and Hate

28 The War Room

29 Countdown

30 Execution Squad

31 Flight

32 California Time

The Sage of Shepperton

About the author

By the same author

About the Publisher

Author’s Note