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Report on the Barnhouse Effect

Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut - Report on the Barnhouse Effect

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Report On The Barnhouse Effect by Kurt Vonnegut

An academic discovers how to control the forces of nature with his mind.

Kurt Vonnegut's tale of an academic who discovers how to control the forces of nature with his mind. Read by Stuart Milligan.

Professor Barnhouse discovers a way of channelling his mind to control the forces of nature. 

The phenomenon becomes known as the "Barnhouse Effect".  The academic sees his skill as a marvellous opportunity to secure world peace. However, the American government has other ideas...

Stuart Milligan reads Kurt Vonnegut's first short story published in 1950.  

Abridged and produced by Gemma Jenkins.

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in November 2007.

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