@booklet {1770, title = {"Chronopolis"}, howpublished = {New Worlds Science Fiction }, volume = {32.95}, year = {1960}, note = {

Rpt. in his Billenium (New York: Berkley, 1962), 117-39; in his The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (London: Victor Gollancz, 1963), 184-208; in his Chronopolis and Other Stories (New York: G.P. Putnam\’s Sons, 1971), 152-74; in The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978), 43-66; in his The Voices of Time (London: J.M. Dent, 1984), 173-97; and in his The Complete Short Stories. (London: Flamingo, 2001), 150-68.

}, month = {June 1960}, pages = {64-87}, abstract = {

Dystopia in which people had been too concerned with time, and there were clocks everywhere. It was made illegal to have a watch or a clock because timed people could be made to work faster, but with all clocks gone nothing works very well, and the city is almost abandoned. The story focuses on a boy growing up who is fascinated with clocks.

}, keywords = {English author, Male author}, author = {J[ames] G[raham] Ballard (1930-2009)} }