The Untouchable

by Stephen A. Kallis Jr.

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Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction

7 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 9, 2008

Reviews

[Ralph McEwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oh damn the untouchable device turned on and we can’t turn it off.
Audio Book MP3 downloaded from
http://librivox.org/short-science-fic...

Public Domain stories from Project Gutenberg, that are read by volunteers.
I listen to these short stories while walking to and from work.

Play Duration: 00:10:34
Read By: Jerome Lawsen

Well recorded and read.

[for-much-deliberation ... · Rating 3 out of 5]

A science fiction short story by Stephen Kallis...

[Chris Aldridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fine example of SF almost prophesying correctly the science of string theory through speculative fiction. A preposterous event is justified through a mixture of logical extrapolation and mushroom soup. Coincidentally, it includes another example of prophecy, highlighting a famous family’s trait, of mixing colossal blunders with outstanding leadership skills, that will apparently survive intact into the future !

[Zen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ahhh....if only we could do this trick with other dangerous discoveries made in Science.

I feel like there's an ironic chuckle lurking in the backdrop of this story. Something about putting the dangerous and life changing wonders of any new developments in science in the hands of bumbling fools.

I love the theoretical bit about "lems" which is a precursor to the idea that today we call String Theory.

[Drew McCaffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Frustrating by intent and hilarious by the end.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scifi, short story