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"I went back to science fiction to try a few experiments …and my first experiment was a disaster…"
- Alfred Bester
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| Whisper Line | ||
| A means of communication between prisoners held in wide separation. |
| "...My God, this must be real! You're talking the gutter lingo. You must be real. Who are you?" "Gully Foyle." "But you're not in my cell. You're not even near. Men are in the north quadrant of Gouffre Martel. Women are in the south. I'm South-900. Where are you? "North-111." "You're a quarter of a mile away. How can we - Of course! It's the Whisper Line. I always thought that was a legend, but it's true. It's working now... It's a miracle."
"What's a miracle?" |
| From The Stars My Destination,
by Alfred Bester. Published by Berkley in 1956 Additional resources -
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Compare to the use of the same idea in whispering galleries from Jules Verne's 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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