Project Gutenberg 2010-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 95 Sherred, T. L. 1915 1985 Sherred, Thomas L. Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Cue for Quiet Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Cue for Quiet" by T. L. Sherred is a science fiction novel likely written in the early to mid-20th century. The story revolves around a man named Pete Miller, who suffers from debilitating headaches and lives a frustrating life filled with incessant noise and turmoil. However, he discovers an unusual power that allows him to influence and even disable mechanical devices, which catapults him into a world of intrigue and danger as various factions seek to harness his abilities. The opening of the book introduces Pete as he navigates his noisy existence, including tensions with his wife, Helen, and interactions with friends at a local bar. Amidst his struggle with a headache, Pete unwittingly begins to realize that his wishes have the power to affect the world around him, notably causing a television to smoke and malfunction. This realization sets him on a path of self-discovery and conflict, eventually leading to his capture by government agents who seek to exploit his newfound abilities. As the narrative unfolds, it raises questions about freedom, power, and the implications of his extraordinary skill in a world rife with technological dependence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32889/32889-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 196719 196710 2024-11-14T05:00:46.138512 2023-09-14T09:47:43.293716 text/html text/html 194941 2010-06-19T10:06:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 574341 2010-06-19T10:06:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 568690 2024-11-14T05:00:49.219458 application/epub+zip 571617 2024-11-14T05:00:46.574503 application/epub+zip 167384 2024-11-14T05:00:46.340458 application/epub+zip 641430 2024-11-14T05:00:51.448499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 630779 2024-11-14T05:00:48.980436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227430 2022-09-15T06:45:15.475248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186942 186839 2024-11-14T05:00:45.650486 2023-09-14T09:47:42.942697 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 186856 2010-06-19T10:06:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72659 2010-06-19T10:06:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19655 2024-11-14T05:00:51.574419 application/rdf+xml 28321 2024-11-14T05:00:46.406566 image/jpeg 4988 2024-11-14T05:00:46.373450 image/jpeg 580799 2024-11-14T05:00:46.175494 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog