Silence Please
| "Silence Please" | |||
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| Short story by Arthur C. Clarke | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Science fiction | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | Science-Fantasy | ||
| Publisher | Nova Publications | ||
| Publication date | Winter 1950 | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Series | Tales from the White Hart | ||
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"Silence Please" is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1950.[1] This comic story describes the efforts of a brilliant college student to design a machine that would produce a field of absolute silence. The gadget is then used in a prank, with tragic results. The story was also published as "Silence Please!".
The story touches (albeit in a humorous way) on the popular science fiction theme of an inventor coming to grief at the hands of their invention that is best known from Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. The piece was later used as the introductory story for Clarke's collection Tales from the White Hart.[2]
References
- ^ ""Silence Please" by Arthur C. Clarke". Wordpress. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ Clarke, Arthur C. (1957). Tales from the White Hart. London: Ballantine Books. p. Forward.
External links
- Silence Please title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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