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The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
Bottom of the pile
9
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
5/100Critics
13/100Scholars
Author:
Stephen Kurczy
Publisher:
Dey Street Books
Date:
August 3, 2021
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies Green Bank, West Virginia, home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory's telescopes, Quiet Zone residents seem to live a peaceful existence. But under the surface, a journalist finds, strange people and ideas percolating.
What The Reviewers Say
... [a] fascinating, deeply reported and slightly eerie look at an unusual corner of America.
The most memorable characters in The Quiet Zone pathetically search for peace in a physical place.
... intriguing.
... the rather unexceptional narrative of a lagging technological enclave choosing to close the digital divide under its own steam.
