Out Of The Silent Planet First Edition Novels & Stories

A distant rumble shook the heavens. The crack above the city widened slightly. Everyone looked up. The darkness beyond reality was moving. Watching. Waiting. The First Silence. Nova felt it immediately. Not fear. Not anger. Curiosity. The First Silence was observing. Learning. Like it always had. The Third Silence noticed too. His expression hardened. "He's here." The First Memory nodded. "Yes." The city grew brighter. Silver light flooded the horizon. Then the world became quiet. Perfectly quiet. Every sound vanished.

light was blinding, pulsing with the frequency of the "New Genre." "I don't want to hurt Dada," Kaelen whispered, his eyes solid violet. "Then you have to 'Delete the Reader', Genesis," a new voice boomed—the voice of the "First Alpha" returning from the grey static. The First Alpha appeared behind the Critic, his hand of "Biological Remorse" reaching for the man’s hoodie. "The 'True Real World' is not Chicago, children. It's the 'Silence' between the words. To get there... you have to 'Burn the Theater'."