Corinth wonders how the electromagnetic change will affect living bodies. Will they be wiped out?
Laboratories report anomalies to the Bureau of Standards.
Evening in New York seems quieter than usual. Corinth thinks that phrasing in The New York Times has become more literate. He reads its front page in ten minutes.
At the farm where Archie Bock works, foxes seem to have opened the door to the chicken house. Brock surprises himself by remembering to close the door. All the animals seem fidgety. Brock's own head feels funny. He panicked two nights ago and has been thinking oddly ever since. He hypothesizes a fever, not an increase in intelligence. He reviews his life and wonders why he now finds this painful. The horses, usually calm, are restless. His dog frisks more than usual. The horses refuse to pull the plough, then walk onto it and break it. The pigs open the gate to their pen and break loose.
Every single small event confirms the major change that is happening.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
We should keep in mind that BRAVE WAVE was written at a time when Anderson was trying out ideas he soon came to be very skeptical of.
Ad astra! Sean
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