Project Gutenberg 2007-05-20 Public domain in the USA. 70 Scott, Kevin Quiet, Please Produced from Worlds of If November 1961. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Louise Pryor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Quiet, Please" by Kevin Scott is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on Groverzb, an individual seeking solitude and peace away from the noisy chatter of human society. The story explores themes of communication and the value (or burden) of silence in a satirically humorous manner. The plot centers on Groverzb's arrival on a planet inhabited by small creatures known as the Little People, who do not communicate verbally, much to Groverzb's delight. Eager to work on his musical compositions without distractions, he quickly finds himself in a conundrum when he discovers that despite the silence from the Little People, his piano produces discordant sounds that he cannot comprehend. After an amusing series of misunderstandings and conflicts, Groverzb is forcibly removed from the planet by the inhabitants, who believe that his insistence on talking is the source of all trouble. The story thus concludes with a humorous twist, reflecting on Groverzb's ironic quest for quiet and how it leads to his abrupt departure due to his own verbal excesses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Composers -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 32555 2025-07-09T06:21:57.366995 text/html 28724 2007-05-20T08:53:08 text/html 74998 2025-07-09T06:22:00.898984 application/epub+zip 73754 2025-07-09T06:21:58.936010 application/epub+zip 73755 2025-07-09T06:21:57.923005 application/epub+zip 132855 2025-07-09T06:22:02.319020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126338 2025-07-09T06:22:00.259982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102211 2022-09-10T07:57:17.045758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25702 2025-07-09T06:21:57.133005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25604 2007-05-20T08:53:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 172626 2007-05-15T19:50:42 application/octet-stream 127555 2007-05-15T19:50:42 application/octet-stream 134082 2007-05-15T19:50:42 application/octet-stream 118655 2007-05-15T19:50:42 application/octet-stream 54638 2007-05-15T19:50:42 application/octet-stream 19568 2025-07-09T06:22:02.437989 application/rdf+xml 9325 2025-07-09T06:21:58.405037 image/jpeg 2677 2025-07-09T06:21:58.163985 image/jpeg 10917 2007-05-20T08:53:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 9686 2007-05-20T08:53:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 73446 2025-07-09T06:21:57.372002 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog