dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (03/02/84)
There was a good science fiction short story a while back on this.
I can't remember who wrote it (I haven't read any science fiction
in 10 years or so), but basically there was a backwoods (Arkansas?)
guy who could communicate with his parents by thinking. When he
did, all electricity in the area would stop. It never made any
difference in the backwoods, since they had no electricity. The
further away he was, the harder he had to think, and the more
widespread was the power-cut. So the Army took him over to Russia
and asked him to think real hard to talk to his parents.
Anyone remember the author, title of the story and/or where it
appears? I'm cross-posting this to net.sf-lovers, but I don't
read that newsgroup, so if you do know, please MAIL me.
Dave Sherman
Toronto
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