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The Terminal Beach

J. G. Ballard

First published March 1964
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

An alienated man, having lost his family, settles on the deserted former nuclear test site of Eniwetok Atoll, where the deteriorating site mirrors his deteriorating body and psyche, and the deterioration of human civilization.

External Links

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (57)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1964 New Worlds Science Fiction, March 1964 Nova Publications Ltd. MAGAZINE 4
June 1964 Terminal Beach Berkley Medallion Collection 140
June 1964 The Terminal Beach Gollancz Collection
1965 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best SF Delacorte Press Anthology 261
1965 The Best of New Worlds Compact Books Anthology 167
1966 The Terminal Beach Penguin Books Collection 136
1966 The Terminal Beach Penguin Books Collection 136
June 1966 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F Delacorte Press / SFBC Anthology 249
December 1966 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F Dell Anthology 249
December 1966 10th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F Dell Anthology 249
1967 10th Annual S-F Mayflower-Dell Anthology 249
1970 The Best of Science Fiction 10 Mayflower Anthology 249
September 1970 Alpha One Ballantine Books Anthology 256
September 1971 Chronopolis and Other Stories G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection 50
November 1971 Chronopolis and Other Stories G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC Collection 43
December 1971 Alpha One Ballantine Books Anthology 256
August 1972 Chronopolis Berkley Medallion Collection 59
August 1972 Chronopolis Berkley Medallion Collection 59
1973 Survival Printout Vintage Books Anthology 22
1974 The Terminal Beach Gollancz Collection 134
April 1974 The Terminal Beach Penguin Books Collection 136
1977 The Terminal Beach Penguin Books (US) Collection 136
April 1977 The Best of J. G. Ballard Orbit / Futura Collection 370
October 1978 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Holt, Rinehart and Winston Collection 244
October 1978 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Holt, Rinehart and Winston Collection 244
1979 The Terminal Beach Penguin Books Collection 136
May 1979 Chronopolis Berkley Books Collection 52
December 1979 From Heinlein to Here Mentor / New American Library Anthology 343
February 1984 The Terminal Beach J. M. Dent & Sons Collection 134
February 1985 The Terminal Beach Gollancz Collection
October 1985 Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead Donald I. Fine Anthology 125
December 1985 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Washington Square Press Collection 290
October 1986 Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-One Sermons to the Dead Primus / Donald I. Fine Anthology 124
1987 Beyond Armageddon: Survivors of the Megawar Robinson Anthology 124
November 1987 The Terminal Beach Carroll & Graf Collection 136
November 1991 There Won't Be War Tor Anthology 218
August 1992 The Terminal Beach J. M. Dent Collection
March 1993 The Terminal Beach Phoenix Collection
March 1995 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Owl Books / Henry Holt Collection 244
July 1996 From Heinlein to Here Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 287
November 1997 The Terminal Beach Indigo Collection
March 2001 The Terminal Beach Phoenix Collection
July 2001 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Picador USA Collection 244
November 2001 The Complete Short Stories Flamingo Collection 589
March 2002 From Heinlein to Here Scarecrow Press Anthology 307
November 2002 The Complete Short Stories Flamingo Collection 589
May 2006 Beyond Armageddon Bison Books Anthology 124
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 921
September 2009 The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company Collection 589
2010 The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company Collection 589
June 2012 The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company Collection |42
July 2014 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard Holt Paperbacks Collection
August 2014 The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard Audible Studios Collection |589
2015 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 580
May 2022 Alpha 1 ReAnimus Press Anthology |256
May 2022 Alpha 1 ReAnimus Press Anthology |256
May 2022 Alpha 1 ReAnimus Press Anthology |256