A short story.
The origin, and even the purpose, of the structure are unknown -- it
might be intended to be deadly, or it might have no deadly intent at all
and merely happen to be deadly to humans.
I know the rest of the plot, but telling it would be a spoiler. Are >spoilers forbidden in YASIDs? It they're OK, I'll post it ... unless >someone else already knows the story and author, based on this little bit.
A short story.
The origin, and even the purpose, of the structure are unknown -- it
might be intended to be deadly, or it might have no deadly intent at all
and merely happen to be deadly to humans.
I know the rest of the plot, but telling it would be a spoiler. Are spoilers forbidden in YASIDs? It they're OK, I'll post it ... unless someone else already knows the story and author, based on this little bit.
A short story.
The origin, and even the purpose, of the structure are unknown -- it
might be intended to be deadly, or it might have no deadly intent at all
and merely happen to be deadly to humans.
I know the rest of the plot, but telling it would be a spoiler. Are
spoilers forbidden in YASIDs? It they're OK, I'll post it ... unless
someone else already knows the story and author, based on this little bit.
Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
A short story.
The origin, and even the purpose, of the structure are unknown -- it
might be intended to be deadly, or it might have no deadly intent at all
and merely happen to be deadly to humans.
I know the rest of the plot, but telling it would be a spoiler. Are
spoilers forbidden in YASIDs? It they're OK, I'll post it ... unless
someone else already knows the story and author, based on this little bit. >>
I was going to suggest Silverberg's _The Man in the Maze_ which starts at https://archive.org/details/1968-04_IF/page/n3/mode/2up
but it is a novel serialized in two parts...
I know the rest of the plot, but telling it would be a spoiler. Are >spoilers forbidden in YASIDs?
On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 15:18:33 -0700, Dudley Brooks
<dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
I know the rest of the plot, but telling it would be a spoiler. Are
spoilers forbidden in YASIDs?
Spoilers are pretty much _essential_ to YASIDs, and they're not
spoilers if you can't name the story, after all.
I was just reading one story about a deadly maze which doesn't quite
fit what you've already described... "In the Walls of Eryx", one of H.
P. Lovecraft's collaborations.
John Savard
In article <uvhhs8$3rcf1$1@dont-email.me>,[SNIP]
Dudley Brooks <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
Thanks. And thanks to everyone else who gave suggestions.
Still sounds like "Rogue Moon" to me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Moon
On 15/04/2024 07:34, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <uvhhs8$3rcf1$1@dont-email.me>,[SNIP]
Dudley Brooks˙ <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
Thanks.˙ And thanks to everyone else who gave suggestions.
Still sounds like "Rogue Moon" to me.
˙˙˙˙https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Moon
And another second, third, ..., nth, that's Rogue Moon, to a T!
˙˙˙˙Cheers,
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Gary˙˙˙ B-)
Does the novel resolve the question of what the object is?˙ From the Wikipedia synopsis, it sounds like it does not.
On 4/15/24 12:26 AM, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
On 15/04/2024 07:34, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
In article <uvhhs8$3rcf1$1@dont-email.me>,[SNIP]
Dudley Brooks˙ <dbrooks@runforyourlife.org> wrote:
Thanks.˙ And thanks to everyone else who gave suggestions.
Still sounds like "Rogue Moon" to me.
˙˙˙˙https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Moon
And another second, third, ..., nth, that's Rogue Moon, to a T!
˙˙˙˙˙Cheers,
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ Gary˙˙˙ B-)
Yes, that's definitely it!˙ Thanks!
But what I read was the earlier shorter version.˙ However, I didn't
remember the earlier version as "novella-length" -- in my obviously
faulty memory it was a short story.
Does the novel resolve the question of what the object is?˙ From the Wikipedia synopsis, it sounds like it does not.
I'm happy that the Wikipedia article introduced me to the term BDO (Big
Dumb Object).˙ I knew the maze was not a MacGuffin, since we do see it
in great detail.
And, as with an earlier YASID I posted, I'm surprised that it was by
someone so well known.˙ As with the story in that earlier posting, it
must be because it was an early science fiction experience for me,
before I knew who anyone was.
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