Project Gutenberg 2024-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 138 Baudin, Maurice 1892 Adkins, Dan 1937 2013 Adkins, Dan L. Hystereo $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1961. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hystereo" by Maurice Baudin is a science fiction short story published in the early 1960s. The narrative focuses on Woodard, a reclusive man who finds himself in a peculiar situation involving a hi-fi enthusiast named Nodus and his unsettling sound apparatus. The story explores themes of technology, isolation, and the often absurd extremes of human behavior within mundane settings. In "Hystereo," Woodard reluctantly attends a hi-fi concert hosted by the eccentric Nodus, who has converted a garage into an elaborate sound studio. As the evening progresses, Woodard is subjected to a series of bizarre and overwhelming sound effects, meant to highlight the extremes of sound reproduction. Each demonstration becomes increasingly unsettling, leading him to feel trapped and anxious. The story escalates as Woodard's discomfort grows, eventually culminating in his mental collapse amid Nodus's obsession with sound. The narrative serves as a critique of technological obsession and social alienation, leaving readers to ponder the human experience in a rapidly evolving world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240225154942baudin 1961 us Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Summer resorts -- Fiction Stereophonic sound systems -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 56150 2025-06-29T05:36:39.798929 text/html 31627 2024-03-30T15:30:59 text/html 351485 2025-06-29T05:36:42.669877 application/epub+zip 350270 2025-06-29T05:36:40.802915 application/epub+zip 162435 2025-06-29T05:36:40.197886 application/epub+zip 737730 2025-06-29T05:36:43.949887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 730467 2025-06-29T05:36:42.058952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48661 2025-06-29T05:36:39.669912 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28874 2024-03-30T15:30:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16770 2025-06-29T05:36:44.075852 application/rdf+xml 25526 2025-06-29T05:36:40.460895 image/jpeg 4245 2025-06-29T05:36:40.328871 image/jpeg 791224 2025-06-29T05:36:39.815924 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