XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: zeborah@gmail.com   
      
   Dan Goodman  wrote:   
      
   > emjones@charter.net wrote:   
   >   
   > > I've been trying to think of the name/author of a short story about an   
   > > infant born in a cave on a strange planet where time is wildly sped   
   > > up. In the first pages he grows into an adult and sees a spaceship   
   > > wrecked some distance away. He makes a dash for the ship and finds he   
   > > is safe inside it and that some radiation makes people age at   
   > > lightning speed outside.   
   > >   
   > > Okay, the story is better than that...my life seems to be speeding up   
   > > recently too....   
   >   
   > Best newsgroup for this kind of question is rec.arts.sf.written.  I've   
   > crossposted to there, and added "YASID" (Yet Another Story ID) to the   
   > subject line.   
   >   
   > Now, a few questions:  When did you read the story?  (That is, what   
   > range of years.  Amazing how many people say how old they were when   
   > they read a story, and don't bother to mention whether that was last   
   > year or ninety years ago.)   Do you remember any names of people,   
   > places, etc.?   
   > Are there any details you considered too unimportant to mentions?  If   
   > so, mention them; the unlikeliest things will spark someone's memory.   
      
   It sounds familiar to me.  If it's the one I read, then chances are that   
   it appeared in Analog, *probably* 10-20 years ago.  In my recollection   
   the whole society was in the cave, and there was some taboo about going   
   outside -- maybe he went in the night and sunlight was extra dangerous?   
      
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