The Telenizer

by Don Thompson

The Telenizer is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Don Thompson is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Don Thompson then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

44 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2010

About the author

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Reviews

[Ray Daley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bloody weird, but worth the read.

[Susan Molloy · Rating 4 out of 5]

✔️ Published in Galaxy Science Fiction (March 1954) Vol. 7, No. 6.

Certainly, The Telenizer by Don Thompson, Science Fiction, Fantasy is one of the quirkiest science fiction short stories I ever read. It is so quirky; I really do not know what to make of it.

Don Thompson’s writing is good, as it is smooth and moves the story along well.

Passages to ponder :

I spent the rest of the day at the beach, sprawled out on the hot sand with the defense mech beside me and an army of people—humans and aliens—surrounding me.

I braced myself for what might come, with the telenizer knowing that I was aware.

The same hideous secretary, with the loose jowels and the deep, livid scar on his right cheek, met me at the door of Grogan's suite.

I heard a tiny howling, and looked down. I screamed and threw the soft, brown, fuzzy, squirming puppy-thing that had been a razor into . . .

This short story from the Golden Age of Science Fiction deserves my re-reading.

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[Sam · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a nice little hard boiled short story published in 1954 and now in the public domain.