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100 1 _aBaudin, Maurice,
_d1892-
245 1 0 _aHystereo
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1961.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-03-30
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Hystereo" by Maurice Baudin is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on Woodard, a reclusive man who finds himself in a peculiar situation involving a hi-fi enthusiast named Nodus and his unsettling sound apparatus. The story explores themes of technology, isolation, and the often absurd extremes of human behavior within mundane settings. In "Hystereo," Woodard reluctantly attends a hi-fi concert hosted by the eccentric Nodus, who has converted a garage into an elaborate sound studio. As the evening progresses, Woodard is subjected to a series of bizarre and overwhelming sound effects, meant to highlight the extremes of sound reproduction. Each demonstration becomes increasingly unsettling, leading him to feel trapped and anxious. The story escalates as Woodard's discomfort grows, eventually culminating in his mental collapse amid Nodus's obsession with sound. The narrative serves as a critique of technological obsession and social alienation, leaving readers to ponder the human experience in a rapidly evolving world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSummer resorts -- Fiction
653 _aStereophonic sound systems -- Fiction
700 1 _aAdkins, Dan,
_d1937-2013
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1961.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73296
999 _c114021
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