In a future war, an old lady is trying to raise a boy but one of the weapons has made everyone deaf
A long time ago, I read a story about a future war. Everything is in ruins. An old lady is trying to raise a boy. But one weapon has made everyone deaf. When the boy does something bad, all she can do is hold up a card which says "No!". They can tell when the air raid siren goes off by the vibrations of the sirens causing beans to jump about in a tube. TV shows lots of old silent movies.
It may have been in an anthology.
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A long time ago, I read a story about a future war. Everything is in ruins. An old lady is trying to raise a boy. But one weapon has made everyone deaf. When the boy does something bad, all she can do is hold up a card which says "No!". They can tell when the air raid siren goes off by the vibrations of the sirens causing beans to jump about in a tube. TV shows lots of old silent movies.
It may have been in an anthology.
story-identification short-stories
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
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This is a good start but can you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, you say "a long time ago", do you know roughly when that was?
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A long time ago, I read a story about a future war. Everything is in ruins. An old lady is trying to raise a boy. But one weapon has made everyone deaf. When the boy does something bad, all she can do is hold up a card which says "No!". They can tell when the air raid siren goes off by the vibrations of the sirens causing beans to jump about in a tube. TV shows lots of old silent movies.
It may have been in an anthology.
story-identification short-stories
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
984
A long time ago, I read a story about a future war. Everything is in ruins. An old lady is trying to raise a boy. But one weapon has made everyone deaf. When the boy does something bad, all she can do is hold up a card which says "No!". They can tell when the air raid siren goes off by the vibrations of the sirens causing beans to jump about in a tube. TV shows lots of old silent movies.
It may have been in an anthology.
story-identification short-stories
story-identification short-stories
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
984
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
984
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
984
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
984
asked Mar 15 at 15:22
AlanAlan
984
984
This is a good start but can you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, you say "a long time ago", do you know roughly when that was?
– TheLethalCarrot
Mar 15 at 15:27
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This is a good start but can you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, you say "a long time ago", do you know roughly when that was?
– TheLethalCarrot
Mar 15 at 15:27
This is a good start but can you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, you say "a long time ago", do you know roughly when that was?
– TheLethalCarrot
Mar 15 at 15:27
This is a good start but can you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, you say "a long time ago", do you know roughly when that was?
– TheLethalCarrot
Mar 15 at 15:27
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Almost certainly Brian Aldiss' “Dumb Show” (1956).
It's not a perfect match as the child is a girl, but everything else fits. The war is being fought with supersonic vibrations which have rendered everyone deaf, and at the end another version demolishes buildings and expands the people, until they get so big that their hearts fail. At the very end, little Pauline supposedly hears "a voice singing in a new universe".
It was anthologised in Aldiss' Space Time and Nathaniel, and no doubt elsewhere.
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Thank you so much!
– Alan
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Almost certainly Brian Aldiss' “Dumb Show” (1956).
It's not a perfect match as the child is a girl, but everything else fits. The war is being fought with supersonic vibrations which have rendered everyone deaf, and at the end another version demolishes buildings and expands the people, until they get so big that their hearts fail. At the very end, little Pauline supposedly hears "a voice singing in a new universe".
It was anthologised in Aldiss' Space Time and Nathaniel, and no doubt elsewhere.
edited Mar 15 at 18:56
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answered Mar 15 at 15:58
Mike StoneMike Stone
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Thank you so much!
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@Alan since this appears to be the correct answer, please consider marking it as such by clicking on the gray check mark beside the post.
– Organic Marble
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Almost certainly Brian Aldiss' “Dumb Show” (1956).
It's not a perfect match as the child is a girl, but everything else fits. The war is being fought with supersonic vibrations which have rendered everyone deaf, and at the end another version demolishes buildings and expands the people, until they get so big that their hearts fail. At the very end, little Pauline supposedly hears "a voice singing in a new universe".
It was anthologised in Aldiss' Space Time and Nathaniel, and no doubt elsewhere.
edited Mar 15 at 18:56
Stormblessed
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answered Mar 15 at 15:58
Mike StoneMike Stone
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Thank you so much!
– Alan
Mar 15 at 23:20
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@Alan since this appears to be the correct answer, please consider marking it as such by clicking on the gray check mark beside the post.
– Organic Marble
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Almost certainly Brian Aldiss' “Dumb Show” (1956).
It's not a perfect match as the child is a girl, but everything else fits. The war is being fought with supersonic vibrations which have rendered everyone deaf, and at the end another version demolishes buildings and expands the people, until they get so big that their hearts fail. At the very end, little Pauline supposedly hears "a voice singing in a new universe".
It was anthologised in Aldiss' Space Time and Nathaniel, and no doubt elsewhere.
edited Mar 15 at 18:56
Stormblessed
2,291735
answered Mar 15 at 15:58
Mike StoneMike Stone
5,30511540
Almost certainly Brian Aldiss' “Dumb Show” (1956).
It's not a perfect match as the child is a girl, but everything else fits. The war is being fought with supersonic vibrations which have rendered everyone deaf, and at the end another version demolishes buildings and expands the people, until they get so big that their hearts fail. At the very end, little Pauline supposedly hears "a voice singing in a new universe".
It was anthologised in Aldiss' Space Time and Nathaniel, and no doubt elsewhere.
edited Mar 15 at 18:56
Stormblessed
2,291735
answered Mar 15 at 15:58
Mike StoneMike Stone
5,30511540
edited Mar 15 at 18:56
Stormblessed
2,291735
edited Mar 15 at 18:56
Stormblessed
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edited Mar 15 at 18:56
Stormblessed
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answered Mar 15 at 15:58
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answered Mar 15 at 15:58
Mike StoneMike Stone
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answered Mar 15 at 15:58
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Thank you so much!
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@Alan since this appears to be the correct answer, please consider marking it as such by clicking on the gray check mark beside the post.
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This is a good start but can you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, you say "a long time ago", do you know roughly when that was?
– TheLethalCarrot
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