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Narrated by:
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Peter Ganim
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By:
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John Varley
About this listen
Victor Apfel, a troubled war vet, gets an odd, pre-recorded phone message, instructing him to go inside the house next door. He opens the door to find his neighbor shot through the head. But is it suicide - or murder? And is it possible that a computer is to blame?
©1984 Davis Publications (P)2008 Audible, Inc.Critic reviews
- Hugo Award, Best Novella, 1985
- Nebula Award, Best Novella, 1984
- All-Time Best Novellas (Locus Magazine)
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