by Theodore Sturgeon T439 35¢
Pass through the strange, shining curtain of the mind that conceals the eeriest of all telepathies. With this series of stories, master science-fiction writer Sturgeon takes the reader into dark worlds where man is merely another molecule, where centuries whirl by and civilizations shudder to a stop, where intelligent worms rule. Thrilling, extraordinary, and totally engrossing, these stories are tops in science-fiction.
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... a plaintive keening from an unknown voice in the vastness of uncharted space. Within hours the whole world had heard the strange, unearthly music—and the panic had begun.
Were the sounds a plea for help? From whom? From where? Or were they a command too terrible to think about? No one knew. And in billions of earth-bound minds the horror grew....
For how could man, who had not yet claimed the moon, defy a challenge from the stars?
And hours later, to the ears of a helpless world, the second message came....
And Earth's days were numbered!