Synopsis
In Vermillion Sands is a rich woman who loves art, and a sculptor who sells her his singing statues.
History
First publication: Fantastic, July 1962
Review
A character story, based around these works of art. The two main characters are flawed people with unrealistic expectations. The story has Ballard’s usual surreal and poetic imagery and it is set is his Vermillion Sands resort with a futuristic type of sculpture, but the story is really about the failure of the two main characters. Very good and recommended.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Complete Short Stories, hardcover, Flamingo, 2001-11-00
Vermillion Sands, paperback, Carroll & Graf, 1988-09-00
Vermillion Sands, trade paperback, J. M. Dent Everyman Fiction, 1985-00-00
Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1962, edited by Cele Goldsmith, magazine, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962-07-00
All of the stories in the Vermillion Sands series:
Prima Belladonna
Venus Smiles
Studio 5, the Stars
The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista
The Singing Statues
The Screen Game
Cry Hope, Cry Fury!
The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D
Say Goodbye to the Wind
