โ Scribed by Brown, Eric
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Emerging from flux after three months of mind-pushing a starship through the nada-continuum, Thorn realised he could not hear. He was on his second drink, an hour later, when a sound startled him. But it was the wrong sound...
Classic short science fiction, and winner of the 1988 Interzone poll for best story of the year.
"British writing with a deft, understated touch: wonderful"
-- New Scientist
"SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility"
-- Paul McAuley
"One of the very best of the new generation of British SF writers"
-- Vector
"Eric Brown has an enviable talent for writing stories which are the essence of modern science fiction and yet show a passionate concern for the human predicament and human values"
-- Bob Shaw
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