The Band Played On
- by C. Shook
- Short Story
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “The Band Played On” by C. Shook, in Astonishing Stories, June 1942.
When Mac hits a high one on his trombone, he first slips into a fantasy world filled with duck people (where he’d rather not be because, well, ducks); then he slips into the far future where he meets Ann, “a lovely little number of about twenty (where he doesn’t mind being because, well, Ann).
—Michael Main
Well, I close my eyes and I am shaking so that I hardly notice the vibrations of the horn begin, but when I reach the E in the third measure, I know I am feeling what I felt in Benny’s.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1940 to 1949: presumed starting time
- Near Future, AD 2300 and Beyond: A.D. 2507
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Language Difficulties: Not to worry: Mac learns duckspeak in about three weeks.
- What Year Is It?: Mac asks what month it is rather than the year, but close enough.
- Fictional Tags
- Secondary Worlds: Duckworld
- Groupings
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- “The Band Played On” by C. Shook, in Astonishing Stories, June 1942.