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Title: The Ultimate City

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Title: The Ultimate City Title Record # 44466
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1976-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Language: English
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Current Tags: Earth (1), agrarian planet (1), renewable energy sources (1), science fiction (1), depopulation (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1977Translated by Maria Benedetta De Castiglione and Mario Galli
Italian La Civilta' Del Vento
1977Translated by Ef Leonard
Dutch De laatste stad
1978Translated by Elisabeth Gille
French
L'ultime cité?L'ultime cite
1983 German Die ultimate Stadt
1987 Portuguese A derradeira cidade
2007Translated by Michael Walter.
German Die ideale Stadt

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories 1976-12-00 J. G. Ballard Jonathan Cape 0-224-01311-4
£3.50?£: UK pound
191
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bill Botten  
Urania #717 1977-02-27 ed. Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini Mondadori 717
Lit 600?Lit: Italian lira
168
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Karel Thole  
De laatste stad 1977-11-00 J. G. Ballard Bruna (Bruna SF #78) 90-229-9078-8   192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Karel Thole Checkmark
Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories 1978-00-00 J. G. Ballard Triad / Panther 0-586-04503-1
£0.75?£: UK pound
191
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Chris Foss Checkmark
Appareil volant à basse altitude 1978-05-12 J. G. Ballard
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#246)
    251
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
Checkmark
Der tote Astronaut 1983-10-00 J. G. Ballard Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #107) 3-518-37440-0
DM 9.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
176+
[1]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Thomas Franke Checkmark
Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories 1985-00-00 J. G. Ballard Triad / Granada 0-586-04503-1
£2.50?£: UK pound
191
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll James Marsh  
Aparelho voador a baixa altitude 1987-00-00 J. G. Ballard Caminho (
Caminho ficção científica?Caminho ficcao cientifica
#49)
    185
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Henrique Cayatte  
Appareil volant à basse altitude?Appareil volant a basse altitude
1987-05-00 J. G. Ballard
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#246)
2-207-30246-6   249
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Low-Flying Aircraft and Other Stories 1992-12-00 J. G. Ballard Flamingo 0-586-04503-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
191
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Larry Rostant  
The Complete Short Stories 2001-11-00 J. G. Ballard Flamingo 0-00-712405-8
£25.00?£: UK pound
ix+
1189
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Jerry Bauer Checkmark
The Complete Short Stories 2002-11-00 J. G. Ballard Flamingo 0-00-713812-1
£16.99?£: UK pound
ix+
1189
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Vom Leben und Tod Gottes 2007-09-00 J. G. Ballard Heyne (Meisterwerke der Science Fiction) 978-3-453-52277-0
€11.95?€: Euro
[1]+
1131
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Eric Bach Checkmark
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard 2009-09-00 J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company 978-0-393-07262-4
$35.00?$: US dollar
xv+
1199
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David Levenson Checkmark
Nouvelles complètes Volume 3, 1972-1996?Nouvelles completes Volume 3, 1972-1996
2010-10-21 J. G. Ballard Tristram 978-2-907681-86-5
€29.00?€: Euro
692
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Paul Murphy  
The Complete Stories of J. G. Ballard 2012-06-01 J. G. Ballard W. W. Norton & Company 978-0-393-07687-5
$24.95?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
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