A relatively obscure one here, but David Masson’s short story ‘Travellers Rest’ (written in 1965) is one the best time dilation tales I’ve read to date. A huge influence on Christopher Priest when he was starting out.
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Looks like it was originally published in Lightspeed Magazine & for those interested, it can be found here: www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/trav... Thanks for this, not one I'm familiar with. Going to pick it up for the ereader (I hate reading stories online)
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It’s a fine piece of storytelling - packs a tremendous amount into 20 pages 👍 Interesting that Masson only ever wrote short stories - each one markedly different in theme and tone. Currently dipping in and out of his one and only collection ‘The Caltraps of Time’.
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