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      Fiction in the News Articles "From the inventive J. G. Ballard comes this month's cover story, a haunting tale of three men who soar in gliders to the clouds and carve them into likenesses of sea-horses and unicorns, lizards and exotic birds, and, finally and tragically, into the portrait of an insane woman."
 
  ('The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D' by J.G. Ballard) Curious little story by Ballard set in Vermillion Sands. A retired pilot and a kite-maker team up to make cloud sculpting possible. A mysterious and beautiful woman (of which there are no lack in VS) complicates matters. Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article: Technovelgy.com is devoted
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