The Impossible Man Author:J.G. Ballard Gathers together nine of Ballard's most popular stories. A few samples: In "The Drowned Giant" an enigmatic visitor is subjected to the various kindnesses of man...in "The Impossible Man" the sinister world of "restorative surgery" is explored with frightening results...in "The Screen Game" and "The Giaconda of the Twilight Noon" Ballard revisit... more »s the strangely sinister land of Vermillion Sands.« less