KAMN Show #17: The Demolished Man
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Summer, Joe and David tackle the first novel to win the Hugo Award, Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man. The story is on the surface a pulp police procedural where a weary yet tenacious detective must catch a killer. What sets this story apart from typical pulp novels is the incorporation of telepaths and telepathy as integral necessities of society, for business and commerce, lifestyle quality, and for deterring crime.
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