The Best Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard (1977)
411 pages - Orbit

Seventeen short stories are collected here, selected by the author, spanning ten years, from 1957 to 1967. Some of the highlights are "Concentration City" about people who live in a city so massive they can't imagine anything beyond its borders; "The Waiting Grounds" about a secret on an isolated planet, and "Chronopolis", about a future in which timekeeping devices are banned.

When J.G. Ballard is at his best, he brings a psychological intensity combined with narrative that edges on the border of surrealism. At his worst, his writing is very detached and self-indulgent and lacking in emotion or other human qualities. I would say both sides are on display in this collection.