War Fever
War Fever is a collection of short stories by J. G. Ballard, first published in 1990 by Collins. It includes:
"War Fever"
"The Secret History of World War 3"
"Dream Cargoes"
"The Object of the Attack"
"Love in a Colder Climate"
"The Largest Theme Park in the World"
"Answers to a Questionnaire"
"The Air Disaster"
"Report on an Unidentified Space Station"
"The Man Who Walked on the Moon"
"The Enormous Space"
"Memories of the Space Age"
"Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown"
"The Index"
These pieces range from naturalistic narrative ("The Air Disaster"), through science fantasy ("Dream Cargoes"), to stories told through footnotes ("Notes Towards a Mental Breakdown"), the index of an unwritten book ("The Index") and answers to unstated questions ("Answers to a Questionnaire"). The stories are connected by common themes which reviewer Patricia Heaney describes as "our isolation in time and the psychological implications of technology".
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