Brass Nodes of the Universe? (not the title)

[bilagaana]

I cannot track down this short story. It would have been published in F&SF or some similar small format magazine (but not, I think, Analog), along about 1964-65. As I recall, it was not in a paperback, but it's been fortyfour years minimum so I could be wrong. It was comic, somewhat free association in its style, and included references to something called the Brass Nodes of the Universe--which were housed in a tent and unimpressive in person--and, perhaps, a nude statue several miles high that drove a race insane from seeing it on their horizon, with other amusing elements. I could rest, finally, if I could find the title and author of this peculiar story. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Highlander II]

I've moved this over to the Book Search section where it'll likely gain a bit more attention from folks who may be able to help you locate it. Good luck!

 

[bilagaana]

ADDENDUM: This story would have been published 1965-66, likely in F&SF.

 

[CassFrank]

This is the somewhat obscure writer Mose Malette’s even more obscure story “Seven Wonders of the Universe” from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August ‘66.

Publication: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1966

www.isfdb.org

It is an odd, comic New Wave story of the seven wonders, which include: “The Brass Nodes of the Universe” among things like “Copulation Pits of Venus (Western Section)” and “The Great Bearded Kumquat of Lagesh.”

Here’s a review: Manny's review of Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction