Mindwipe!

by Steven Hahn

Schwab has committed a hideous crime, but knows neither how nor why he did it. He has no control over the lethal telepathic power suddenly thrust upon him. His only clue lies on a planet far away from his current prison cell.

189 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1976

About the author

Steven Hahn is the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor in American History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Reviews

[Kevin Phyland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ernie Schwab is just a cargo handler on a spaceship when he is mysteriously summoned to the surface of the mining colony world of Paria where he finds himself sleepwalking into the local governor’s bedroom and realizes he has just wiped his mind back to infancy. Panicked and bewildered, Ernie flees the scene but is quickly caught and transported back to Earth where he will undoubtedly be mindwiped himself for the crime. Engaging a lawyer, Benson, he waits for some break in the case when it occurs to him that he might use his previously unknown telepathic abilities to escape. Threatening to mindwipe the entire prison population (knowing he probably can’t) he escapes and sets off back to Paria, where his lawyer has dug up some alternate suspects. What they find there is a missing telepathic sender and a mad conspiracy to despoil the planet. Stephen Robinett (writing as Steve Hahn) has written better tales than this but you will get a few hours of enjoyment out of this little romp.

[Bruce Mason · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good read.