War Fever

Speculative fiction by Iacobus Graham Ballard

Blurb

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, through science fantasy, to stories told through footnotes, the index of an unwritten book and answers to unstated questions. 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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