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Noise-Jack Vance short story

Noise - Jack Vance short story (author’s preferred title) AKA: Music of the Spheres Noise was published initially in August, 1952 in Startling Stories magazine .   It is also known as “ Music of the Spheres ” and is a 13/16 page short story.   A man crash lands on a distant planet and begins sending out distress signals, hoping to get rescued.   He gradually begins to see and hear strange seductive things and is not sure if his senses have become more responsive or if he is hallucinating. It is a strange, moody, psychological, fantasy piece that is rather fascinating.   I’ve read this three times so far and rated it a 3 “Liked it.” Included in the Jack Vance collection titled Eight Fantasms and Magics (1969) Included in the Jack Vance collection titled Fantasms and Magics (1978) Included in the Jack Vance collection titled Light from a Lone Star (1985) Included in the Jack Vance collection titled When the Five Moons Rise (1992) Included in the Jack...