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The Sound-Sweep

J. G. Ballard

First published February 1960
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

In a near future, a man whose job is vacuuming up residual sound from public and private spaces, is the last devoted fan of a once-great operatic diva whose career is over now that audible music has been replaced by ultrasonic music.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1960 Cover Science Fantasy, #39 February Nova Publications Ltd. MAGAZINE 2
September 1960 Cover The 5th Annual of the Year's Best S-F Simon & Schuster Anthology 204
January 1961 Cover The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition Dell Anthology 204
May 1961 Cover The Year's Best S-F: 5th Annual Edition Dell Anthology 204
February 1962 Cover The Voices of Time and Other Stories Berkley Medallion Collection 38
May 1963 Cover The Four-Dimensional Nightmare Gollancz Collection |2
July 1964 Cover The Four-Dimensional Nightmare The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 41
1965 Cover The Four-Dimensional Nightmare Penguin Books Collection 42
1965 Cover Cauchemar à quatre dimensions Denoël Collection 55
May 1966 Cover The Voices of Time and Other Stories Berkley Medallion Collection 38
October 1966 Cover The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower-Dell Anthology 204
1967 Cover The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower-Dell Anthology 204
November 1967 Cover SF: The Best of the Best Delacorte Press Anthology 355
1968 Cover SF: The Best of the Best Rupert Hart-Davis Anthology 355
August 1968 Cover SF: The Best of the Best Dell Anthology 355
August 1968 Cover SF: The Best of the Best Dell Anthology 355
1969 Cover The Best of Sci-Fi 5 Mayflower Anthology 204
1970 Cover SF The Best of the Best Part Two Mayflower Anthology 137
September 1971 Cover Chronopolis and Other Stories G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection 108
November 1971 Cover Chronopolis and Other Stories G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC Collection 101
August 1972 Cover Chronopolis Berkley Medallion Collection 128
August 1972 Cover Chronopolis Berkley Medallion Collection 128
1973 Cover Der vier-dimensionale Alptraum Marion von Schröder Collection 219
October 1973 Cover Tomorrow and Tomorrow Simon & Schuster Anthology 98
August 1974 Cover Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gollancz Anthology 98
September 1974 Cover The Four-Dimensional Nightmare Gollancz Collection 41
October 1976 Cover Der vierdimensionale Alptraum Heyne Collection 152
April 1977 Cover The Best of J. G. Ballard Orbit / Futura Collection 86
November 1977 Cover The Four-Dimensional Nightmare Penguin Books Collection 42
February 1978 Cover Incubo a quattro dimensioni Mondadori Collection 177
September 1978 Cover Cauchemar à quatre dimensions Denoël Collection 58
May 1979 Cover Chronopolis Berkley Books Collection 121
July 1984 Cover Der vierdimensionale Alptraum Suhrkamp Collection
September 1984 Cover The Voices of Time J. M. Dent Collection 41
February 1985 Cover The Voices of Time Gollancz Collection 41
November 1987 Cover Cauchemar à quatre dimensions Denoël Collection 58
1992 Cover As vozes do tempo Caminho Collection
September 1992 Cover The Voices of Time Phoenix Collection
November 1997 Cover The Voices of Time Indigo Collection 41
March 2001 Cover The Voices of Time Phoenix Collection 41
November 2001 Cover The Complete Short Stories Flamingo Collection 106
November 2002 Cover The Complete Short Stories Flamingo Collection 106
April 2007 Cover Die Stimmen der Zeit Heyne Collection 187
September 2009 Cover The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company Collection 106
2010 Cover The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company Collection 106
June 2012 Cover The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company Collection |10
August 2014 Cover The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard Audible Studios Collection |106