Project Gutenberg 2019-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 114 Bartholomew, Stephen Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH The Rumble and the Roar Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Rumble and the Roar" by Stephen Bartholomew is a science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. The narrative revolves around the pervasive noise pollution in a technologically advanced civilization and the protagonist's struggle with his mental state amidst this din. The story explores themes of solitude, sanity, and the effects of excessive noise on human psychology. The plot follows Joseph Partch, who is feeling increasingly overwhelmed and irritated by the relentless noise produced by his environment, from office machinery to city sounds. Despite his work related to developing a sound-canceling device, he finds himself detached and yearning for quiet. His situation escalates when he decides to try the device himself, leading to a shocking experience of total silence that ultimately drives him into a catatonic state. Through this exploration, Bartholomew raises questions about the psychological toll of modern life and what it truly means to be alone in a world deafened by noise. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Inventions -- Fiction Noise -- Fiction Silence -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 38687 2025-07-23T14:21:28.635472 text/html 34493 2019-06-05T09:46:42 text/html 278018 2025-07-23T14:21:30.212454 application/epub+zip 276843 2025-07-23T14:21:28.982465 application/epub+zip 81246 2025-07-23T14:21:28.783437 application/epub+zip 311080 2025-07-23T14:21:31.293443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303838 2025-07-23T14:21:30.021490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108553 2022-09-27T02:01:11.236858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31948 2025-07-23T14:21:28.539449 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 31766 2019-06-05T09:46:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20124 2025-07-23T14:21:31.422452 application/rdf+xml 27275 2025-07-23T14:21:28.858440 image/jpeg 4930 2025-07-23T14:21:28.820435 image/jpeg 394751 2019-06-05T09:46:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 12376 2019-06-05T09:46:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 396913 2025-07-23T14:21:28.647477 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 en.wikipedia