The Telepathic Pick-Up: A Short Science Fiction Story

THIS gripping story — worthy of a Poe — is based in a
degree, upon radio. A machine developed by the hero of the story,
can be tuned in to the wave-lengths of any given person's thoughts,
thus giving the possessor a wonderful power. And this story, with its
tragic termination, tells not only of the possibilities of radio in the
future, but also touches on — and elaborates — the fantastic theory that the
electric shock sustained by the human system while in the electric chair,
does not really kill, but simply puts the victim into a state of
unconsciousness with a temporary cessation of organic function.
But this is not a mere scientific treatise on the possibilities
of the future for radio or capital punishment, it is a story full
of human interest, though not without a touch of the ghastly. Anyhow,
you will be glad to have read it. It is a pleasure to publish this new,
high quality, and affordable edition of this timeless story.