Vermilion Sands

Vermilion Sands ( German title The Thousand Dreams of Stella Vista) is the title of a collection of short stories by the author James Graham Ballard. She appeared in 1971.

Site of action is the fictional Vermilion Sands in Southern California, but the strikingly similar to Palm Springs. It is a fully automated resort in the desert.

The people are mostly disillusioned rich or opportunists from their environment, which greatly benefit from this.

The stories differ in the choice of media utopian shown. So there is in a singing statues, in another it is architecture. However, they are always to be particularly decadent, similar to the Baroque dar.

The individual titles come exclusively from Ballard and were at least partially been previously published.

Title ( in the original)

  • The Cloud - Sculptors of Coral D ( 1967), The German Wolkenbildner of Coral D
  • Prima Bella Donna (1956 ), German equal
  • The Screen Game ( 1963), The German backdrop Game
  • The Singing Statues (1962), The German singing sculptures
  • Cry Hope, Cry Fury! (1967 ), German Hope Cunard
  • Venus Smiles ( 1957; rewritten in 1967 ), German smiles Venus
  • Say Goodbye to the Wind ( 1970), German Say farewell to the wind
  • Studio 5, The Stars (1961 ), German Studio 5
  • The Thousand Dreams of Stella Vista ( 1962), German The Thousand Dreams of Stella Vista

Reactions

  • The Times: Vermilion Sands is a desert resort from ahead; the episodes are the grains of the place ... I recommend a visit with this book, where the aching landscape of the idea contains wit and irony to shade us from the sun anguished. German: Vermilion Sands is a desert retreat from the front; the stories are the grains of sand of this place - I recommend a visit with this book, where the sufferer landscape of ideas includes plenty of wit and irony to protect us from the dreaded sun.
  • Times Literary Supplement: J. G. Ballard is ... one of the most accomplished creators of evocative landscapes in modern fiction ... hey Achieves this effect partly by painting his desert in the manner of Dali, a mixture of appalling clarity and the exotic. German: J. G. Ballard is ... one of the most impressive landscapes of developers in modern literature ... he achieved this effect in part by the paintings of his desert in the manner of Dali, a mixture of startling clarity and exotic.

Influence on music

  • The Buggles Vermilion Sands ( pop song )
  • Moritz Eggert: Vermilion Sands for guitar solo (both pieces inspired by the eponymous short story collection )
  • A Japanese progressive rock band in the 1980s called Vermilion Sands.
  • An Italian pop band from Treviso also chose Vermilion Sands as the name.
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