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Article #621188Re: Where is everybody? (cont.)
From: Jorgen Grahn
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:47
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:47
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On Mon, 2018-03-19, JimP wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:40:53 +0000, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote: > >>On 14/03/2018 13:26, Peter Flass wrote: >>> Nothing at all for the last couple of days? Is this maybe an Eternal >>> September problem? I have visions of getting thousands of messages all at >>> once. >> >>I use a different usenet server and it is quite. >>Maybe it is like that point at a party where everyone just stops talking >>for a few seconds at the same time? >> >>Andy > > There was an interesting short story written about that some years > ago. A guy tried to investigate it, and shortly after he got started, > something arrived outside of a party he was attending and the world > came to an end. I didn't understand it, but apparently some being was > going to return, not necessarily God, at that time of an hour, and > thats why people all stop talking for a few seconds at the same time. Which story was that? I've read it but cannot remember who wrote it. The only hint I can offer myself is that almost all short fiction I read is SF from the 1960s or earlier (aka "some years ago"). /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . . \X/ snipabacken.se> O o .
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