The River of Time
by David Brin
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!
“Co-Existence” by David Brin, Isaac
Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, May 1982.