Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy have changed. We think you'll like them better this way.

Nightmare Blues by Frank Herbert 1954 (re-broadcast)

  • Broadcast in Spirituality
The Hermetic Hour

The Hermetic Hour

×  

Follow This Show

If you liked this show, you should follow The Hermetic Hour.
h:120239
s:12019689
archived

On Thursday October 27th, 2016 the Hermetic Hour with host Poke Runyon will recall and review Frank (Dune) Herbert's first published science fiction story "Nightmare Blues" (Operation Syndrome) 1954. This is an ominously prophetic and frightening tale of electronic mind control which seems to have been inspired by The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. A scientist (who ends up in a mad house) invents a machine that projects thoughts (a telepathy transceiver) which is stolen by a music industry producer promoter who uses it to enhance his star's vocal performances. However each city where they perform experiences catastrophic outbreaks of mass insanity. One of the mad scientist's former students, a psychologist, teams up with a ham radio operator to create an antidote machine. This story was published in 1954 and set in 1999. It deals with issues and theories that resonate today. So if you want to contemplate some high-tech horror, for Halloween tune in and we'll turn up the volume.

Facebook comments

Available when logged-in to Facebook and if Targeting Cookies are enabled