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Time Shards [MultiFormat]
eBook by Gregory Benford
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: A researcher attempts to listen to the voices of people from a thousand years ago by reading grooves on pottery. Amazingly, this is a hard science fiction story based on actual research, and it may be possible to do this some day!
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: 1979
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2000
239 Reader Ratings:
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [25 KB]
, ePub (EPUB) [23 KB]
, Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [12 KB]
, Portable Document Format (PDF) [62 KB]
, Palm Doc (PDB) [11 KB]
, Microsoft Reader (LIT) [35 KB]
, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [83 KB]
, hiebook (KML) [59 KB]
, Sony Reader (LRF) [37 KB]
, iSilo (PDB) [9 KB]
, Mobipocket (PRC) [12 KB]
, Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [40 KB]
, OEBFF Format (IMP) [21 KB]
Words: 3145
Reading time: 8-12 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Portable Document Format (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
A perfect example of the classic "idea" story in SF. As workers at the Smithsonian prepare a time capsule to be buried in 2000 AD, a scientist tries to resurrect voices from 1000 AD. No action -- just talking heads (and a couple of other things that talk!) -- but it shows exactly why that sort of story can be so exciting and powerful in SF. Bonus: an afterword in which Benford discusses the science in the story, and why the story was rejected by David Hartwell. -Robert J. Sawyer, Fictionwise Recommender
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