Infinity Plus — Eric Brown

Emerging from flux after three months of mind-pushing a starship through the nada-continuum, Thorn realised he could not hear. He was on his second drink, an hour later, when a sound startled him. But it was the wrong sound...

Classic short science fiction, and winner of the 1988 Interzone poll for best story of the year.


"British writing with a deft, understated touch: wonderful"
-- New Scientist

"SF infused with a cosmopolitan and literary sensibility"
-- Paul McAuley

"One of the very best of the new generation of British SF writers"
-- Vector

"Eric Brown has an enviable talent for writing stories which are the essence of modern science fiction and yet show a passionate concern for the human predicament and human values"
-- Bob Shaw