Synopsis
A psychologist, told he must come up with a better research subject for his grant, decides to kill all of his lab rats.
History
First publication: New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 6, ed. by Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, May 1976
Review
I found this story confusing. First of all, the psychologist ends up doing some awful things to his rats. Second is a scene with the Rat King. Surreal, but I don’t know how that fits with the rest of the story. Is this story a protest to how experimental animals are abused? Tiptree was a psychologist. Is this just a fantastical musing on her own experiences? I'm not sure about any of it.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
The Voice That Murmurs in the Darkness, hardcover, Subterranean Press, 2023-09-00
