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The Crystal Spheres
Award-winning short story by David Brin
"The Crystal Spheres" is a science fiction short story by American writer David Brin, originally published in the January 1984 issue of Analog and collected in The River of Time.[1] It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story 1985.[2] In it, Brin presents an explanation for the Fermi Paradox.