This same exact thing happened to me a few years ago. One summer after my freshman year in college, my cousin told me about a story called "They." It sounded great so when I got home, I found it in an old Afred Hitchcock collection; and sure enough, it was something.
Then, years later, I remembered it and wanted to read it again. But I didn't know the author, so it took awhile to find it. Turns out it's an old story by Robert Heinlein. Stranger in a Strange Land had been a big hit with me and my friends in college at that time, too.
Now because of this thread, I will look into Ballard. Wheee.
Sue
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