Challenge 1031
Sound Unseen
In Gary Inbinder’s Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland:
- Max gives Dora twenty dollars before knocking her out. Remember that the year is 1910. What would be the equivalent sum today?
If you were directing a film version of the story, how would you stage Max Niemand’s knocking out Dora? What would the camera angles be? Or would you substitute Dora’s agreeing to pretend having been knocked out when she has to confront Gino again?
In Ron Sanders’ Out in the Open: Does the story overstep Bewildering Stories’ “Dead Narrator” guideline?
In Ken Foxe’s The Songsmith:
- Does the space alien music’s effect on Earthlings imply that Earth’s sending its musical masterpieces to the galaxy might not have been such a good idea?
Is it possible that Earthlings could perceive space alien music as ethereally entrancing? Would it even be music? For example, is whalesong music or a spoken language of a species of cetaceans?
- Does the Songsmith do the right thing in the end?
In Glenn A. Kershaw’s Broken Things: How does Detective Inspector Quay justify his questioning Johnny Dash despite a personal interest in the case?
In Gary Clifton’s Movin’ on Back: How did Callie manage to escape from Buck and the fire? Given the facts about Buck and Callie, does anyone really care to know?
In Oonah V. Joslin’s Strategic Withdrawal: If a person can’t be trusted to play the game of Monopoly fairly, what can that person be trusted to do?
What is a Bewildering Stories Challenge?
