Reports from the Deep End

Few authors are so iconic that their name is an adjective – Ballard is one of them.

Master of both literary and science fiction, his novels such as Empire of the Sun, Crash and Cocaine Nights show a world out of joint – a bewildering, alienating and yet enthralling place. From his rapturously weird takes on contemporary reality to his classic dystopias like The Drowned World and High Rise, Ballard’s legacy shaped the future of literature.

This first-of-its-kind anthology, featuring our greatest literary and science fiction authors, including the pioneering Will Self, pays tribute to the unique visions of humanity’s uncanny and uneasy clash with the future – our empires of concrete – seen through the warped lens of J. G. Ballard.

Edited by renowned editors Maxim Jakubowski and Rick McGrath, this collection includes stories by:

Will Self

Iain Sinclair

Christopher Fowler

Chris Beckett

Michael Moorcock

Jeff Noon

Preston Grassmann

Toby Litt

Christine Poulson

David Gordon

Hanna Jameson

James Lovegrove

Ramsey Campbell

Barry N. Malzberg

Paul Di Filippo

Samathan Lee Howe

Nick Mamatas

Adrian McKinty

Rhys Hughes

Adrian Cole

Pat Cadigan

Adam Roberts

George Sandison

Geoff Nicholson

A.K. Benedict

Andrew Hook

David Quantick

Lavie Tidhar

James Grady