Way Station

by Clifford D. Simak

He had dabbled in a thing which he had not understood. And had, furthermore, committed that greater sin of thinking that he did understand. And the fact of the matter was that he had just barely understood enough to make the concept work, but had not understood enough to be aware of its consequences.

three-dimensional symphony, although this is not entirely the right expression, which had been composed, not by a single being, but by a team of beings.