Daniel Brand, a science fiction writer, walks us through the new world where he lives that started when a large number of people seemingly froze in place.
—Michael Main
Physicians listened to heartbeats that dragged on, lonely and deep, for over a minute per. They worried over eyes that refused to blink, yet remained somehow moist. They despaired over encephalograms whose spikes could be counted in single neuron flashes, adding up to a complex pattern that was . . . normal!

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  1. “Co-Existence” by David Brin, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, May 1982.
  2. canonical title.
    “The River of Time” by David Brin, in The River of Time (Dark Harvest, June 1986).
  3. “Koexistenz” by David Brin, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 28, edited by Friedel Wahren (Heyne, January 1987).

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  1. “Co-Existence” by David Brin, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, May 1982.
  2. canonical title.
    “The River of Time” by David Brin, in The River of Time (Dark Harvest, June 1986).
  3. German.
    “Koexistenz” by David Brin, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 28, edited by Friedel Wahren (Heyne, January 1987).