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Re: Where is everybody? (cont.)

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From: Jorgen Grahn
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

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