Like Ballard's earlier short story "The Dead Time" (published in the anthology Myths of the Near Future), it is essentially fiction but draws extensively on Ballard's experiences in World War II.
Ó igual que outras historias de Ballard como "The Dead Time" (publicada na antoloxía Myths of the Near Future), é esencialmente ficción pero está baseada nas experiencias de Ballard na segunda guerra mundial.