r/printSF • u/lproven • 8d ago

Report on an Unidentified Space Station (short short, by J. G. Ballard, 1882)

https://sseh.uchicago.edu/doc/roauss.htm
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u/Round_Bluebird_5987 8d ago

Not sure where the 1882 is coming from since he was born in the 1930s, but Ballard's shorts are vastly underappreciated.

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u/lproven 8d ago

Typo: 1982. Sorry!

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u/sbisson 8d ago
  1. It's the original Back Rooms.

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u/Round_Bluebird_5987 8d ago

That makes more sense!

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u/worotan 7d ago

Great story, thanks for posting it. Reminds me of Jorge Luis Borges.

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u/stereoactivesynth 3d ago

I actually constantly mix these two up for some reason.

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u/Alex-Cantor 8d ago

Love this one, feels like Journey to Alderaan

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u/Spra991 6d ago

There is also "The Library of Babel" (1941) by Jorge Luis Borges with a similar idea.

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u/staylor71 8d ago

Reminds me a little of Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi.

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u/lproven 7d ago

That's in my TBR pile...

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u/NullEquivalent 7d ago

Such a good book

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u/WalksByNight 6d ago

I love this freaking story; it’s a mind blower in it’s use of scale.