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The Machine That Saved The World, by
William Fitzgerald Jenkins This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: The Machine That Saved The World
Author: William Fitzgerald Jenkins
Release Date: August 2, 2008 [EBook #26174]
Language: English
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This etext was produced from Amazing Stories December 1957. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
THE MACHINE THAT SAVED THE WORLD
By
MURRAY LEINSTER
They were broadcasts from nowhere--sinister emanations flooding in from space--smashing any receiver that picked them up. What defense could Earth devise against science such as this?
[Illustration: Did the broadcasts foretell flesh-rending supersonic blasts?]
The first broadcast came in 1972, while Mahon-modified machines were still strictly classified, and the world had heard only rumors about them. The first broadcast was picked up by a television ham in Osceola, Florida, who fumingly reported artificial interference on the amateur TV bands. He heard and taped it for ten minutes--so he said--before it blew out his receiver. When he replaced the broken element, the broadc