"Track 12" | |
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Short story by J. G. Ballard | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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Published in | New Worlds |
Media type | magazine |
Publication date | April 1958 |
"Track 12" is a short story by British author J. G. Ballard, it first appeared in the April 1958 edition of New Worlds (volume 24, number 70).[1] It then appeared in Penguin Science Fiction (edited by Brian Aldiss) in 1961,[2] Passport to Eternity, The Venus Hunters, The Overloaded Man, and later in The Complete Short Stories of J. G. Ballard: Volume 1.
As part of an intended anthology film the story was adapted by Harold Pinter. The adaptation was directed by Joseph Losey in 1967 and featured Dirk Bogarde and Julie Christie.[3]
An adaptation of the story was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2016.[4]