The Vidiot
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- First published
- 1956
- Pages
- 13Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 20 minutes
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 3 of 10
A little about the story
Don Hartley is a television technician with an unusual discovery: a way to see past walls and barriers. The question is what he, or anyone, would do with an ability nobody else can detect.
Ib Melchior wrote it for Fantastic Universe. It’s a short, clever science-fiction story with a 1950s television twist, and a surprising link to the Metropolitan Opera.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- 1950s science fiction
- stories about television
- very short reads
Maybe not if you want a long novel.
Things You May Not Know About The Vidiot
- A screenwriter. Melchior co-wrote films including Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
- An opera singer’s son. His father was the famous tenor Lauritz Melchior.
- Fantastic Universe. It appeared in the March 1956 issue.
- TV-age science fiction. It plays on the new power of television in 1950s homes.
About this edition
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