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Chronopolis is a science fiction short story by British writer J.G. Ballard, first published in 1960. The story begins with a man in prison, Newman, and proceeds to examine his fascination with the concept of time in a world where clocks have been prohibited and are regulated by time police. "Chronopolis" appears in an anthology edited by , Science Fiction Stories.