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Vermilion Sands is a collection of science fiction short stories by British writer J. G. Ballard, first published in 1971. All the stories are set in an imaginary vacation resort called Vermilion Sands which suggests, among other places, Palm Springs [ 1 ] in southern California.
"Venus Smiles" concerns the events surrounding a musical sculpture commissioned to be placed in the centre of Vermilion Sands. On the day of the unveiling, the statue causes outrage with the public—as well as being aesthetically unpleasing, the music emitted from the sculpture tends to lean towards Middle-Eastern style quarter tones and is unpleasing to the ear.
In his introduction to Vermilion Sands, Ballard cites this as his favourite collection. In a similar vein, his collection Memories of the Space Age explores many varieties of individual and collective psychological fallout from—and initial deep archetypal motivations for—the American space exploration boom of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Memories of the Space Age is a collection of science fiction stories by British writer J. G. Ballard.It was released in 1988 by Arkham House.It was published in an edition of 4,903 copies and was the author's first book published by Arkham House.
In the Bible, vermilion is listed as a pigment that was in use for painting buildings during the reign of Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, and is named in the book of the prophet Ezekiel as a pigment used in art that portrayed Chaldean men. (Jeremiah 22:11–14, Ezekiel 23:14–17) The vermilion rose is a symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Vermilion Cliffs, view from Glen Canyon near Lee's Ferry. Vermilion Cliffs — view from Arizona Hwy 89. The Vermilion Cliffs Close Up . The Vermilion Cliffs are the second "step" up in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, in northern Arizona and southern Utah in the southwestern United States. [1]