Thirteen to Centaurus

byJ G Ballard
Adapted by Stanley Miller

I looked up this short story onwww.ballardian.comand was surprised to see it described as untypical and even generic. Yet to me this episode is filled with the familiar J G Ballard theme of a protagonist who deliberately succumbs to a strange new world, in search of another reality. There’s also aprotagonist who feels alienated fromhis own society, despite having no obvious reason for it.Stanley Miller tookthis already rich short story and turnedit into...