It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened — an utter emptiness. There was neither light nor dark: there was nothing here but emptiness. There had never been anything in this place, nor was anything ever intended to occupy this place...


Time is the Simplest Thing (1961)


It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened — an utter emptiness....

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened — an utter emptiness....

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened — an utter emptiness....

It was a place without a single feature of the space-time matrix that he knew. It was a place where nothing yet had happened — an utter emptiness....