Title: The Four-Dimensional Nightmare

Title: The Four-Dimensional Nightmare Title Record # 37123
Author: J. G. Ballard
Date: 1963-00-00
Type: COLLECTION
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: The 1974 Gollancz and subsequent editions of this title drop the Vermilion Sands stories ("Prima Belladonna" and "Studio 5, the Stars") and replaces them with "The Overloaded Man" and "Thirteen to Centaurus". This version was retitled The Voices of Time in 1984.

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Year	Title
1984^ⓘThis collection has the same contents as the 1974 revised edition of The Four-Dimensional Nightmare published by Gollancz.	The Voices of Time

Year	Language	Title
1965^ⓘTranslated by Laure Casseau	French	Cauchemar à quatre dimensions
1973^ⓘTranslated by Wolfgang Eisermann	German	Der vierdimensionale Alptraum
1978^ⓘTranslated by Lidia Lax, Stefano Torossi, Hilia Brinis and Beata Della Frattina	Italian	Incubo a quattro dimensioni [as by James G. Ballard]
1978^ⓘTranslated by Gisèle Carson and Pierre Versins. New and more complete translation. Drops two stories from the original collection and adds two new ones.	French	Cauchemar à quatre dimensions^?Cauchemar a quatre dimensions [as by J.-G. Ballard]
1992^ⓘTranslated by Augusto Gonçalves and Helena Oliveira	Portuguese	As vozes do tempo

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Four-Dimensional Nightmare	1963-05-00	J. G. Ballard	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))		16/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Four-Dimensional Nightmare	1964-07-00	J. G. Ballard	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	87	6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Griffiths
Cauchemar à quatre dimensions	1965-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #82)			239	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
The Four-Dimensional Nightmare	1965-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Penguin Books	2345	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	223	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	Giorgio Gordoni
Der vier-dimensionale Alptraum	1973-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Marion von Schröder	3-547-71158-4	DM 24.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Four-Dimensional Nightmare	1974-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Gollancz	0-575-01859-3		197	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Der vierdimensionale Alptraum	1976-10-00	J. G. Ballard	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3509)	3-453-30399-7	DM 4.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	222	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	C. A. M. Thole
The Four-Dimensional Nightmare	1977-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Penguin Books	0-14-002345-3	£0.55^?£: UK pound	211	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	David Pelham
Incubo a quattro dimensioni	1978-02-24	James G. Ballard	Mondadori (Oscar #842)	15141-5	Lit 1,800^?Lit: Italian lira	220	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
Cauchemar à quatre dimensions	1978-09-12	J.-G. Ballard	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #82)			280	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
Der vierdimensionale Alptraum	1984-07-00	J. G. Ballard	Suhrkamp (Phantastische Bibliothek #127)	3-518-37514-8	DM 9.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	227	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	Tom Breuer
The Voices of Time	1984-09-00	J. G. Ballard	J. M. Dent (Everyman Fiction)	0-460-02266-0	£2.95^?£: UK pound	197	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	Grizelda Holderness
The Voices of Time	1985-02-00	J. G. Ballard	Gollancz	0-575-03515-3	£8.95^?£: UK pound	197	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Mark Foreman
Cauchemar à quatre dimensions	1987-11-00	J.-G. Ballard	Denoël^?Denoel ( Présence du Futur^?Presence du Futur #82)	2-207-30082-X		280	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
As vozes do tempo	1992-00-00	J. G. Ballard	Caminho ( Caminho ficção científica^?Caminho ficcao cientifica #143)	972-21-0729-1		214	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
The Voices of Time	1992-09-00	J. G. Ballard	Phoenix	1-85799-000-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	197	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	Salvador Dali
The Voices of Time	1997-11-00	J. G. Ballard	Indigo	0-575-40130-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	197	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	Gary Day-Ellison
The Voices of Time	2001-03-00	J. G. Ballard	Phoenix	0-575-40130-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	197	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 Thomas Gooney

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Reviews

Review by S. E. Cotts (1962) in Amazing Stories, June 1962
Review by John Carnell (1962) in Science Fantasy, August 1962
Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1962) in Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, September 1962
Review by Leslie Flood (1963) in New Worlds Science Fiction, #133 August
Review [French] by
Demètre Ioakimidis^?Demetre Ioakimidis
(1965) in Fiction, #141
Review by Michael Moorcock [as by James Colvin] (1966) in New Worlds, March 1966
Review by James Cawthorn (1966) in New Worlds, August 1966
Review by Phil Stephensen-Payne [as by Philip Stephensen-Payne] (1977) in Paperback Parlour, December 1977
Review by Rob Carter (1978) in Vector 87
Review [French] by Denis Guiot (1979) in Fiction, #299
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1989) in SF Commentary, #67
Review by L. J. Hurst (1993) in Vector 171
Review by L. J. Hurst (1998) in Vector 198
Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 217
Review by Andy Sawyer (2001) in Vector 219
Review by Tony Mileman (2001) in The Third Alternative, #27
Review by Graham Sleight (2011) in Locus, #607 August 2011