Re: Angel of Darkness

[rpeck@jessica.stanford.edu (Raymond Peck)]

In article <9103120539.AA17861@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> nrc@cbema.att.COM (Neal R Caldwell, Ii) writes:
>| transforms into a hideous creature with fangs and kills him. 
>| Gosh! Wherever did he get the idea?   (Oops) Actually, I always
>| thought Experiment IV had the potential to make a nifty horror
>| story.  I'm glad he wrote it - the book (in a manner of speaking)

Have I missed a discussion in the past about the origin of Experiment IV?

I'm just finishing reading Atlas Shrugged.  In it, the State Science
Institute builds a machine which destroys things with sound.

It's a minor part of the book, for sure, but it seemed quite similar
to Ex4. . .  it made me wonder whether the Kate's idea came from Ayn.

references:
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
copyright 1957

In My Not So Humble Opinion, the best book I've ever read.


Moderator-directed p.s.: My love-hounds feed has died.  Could you
please revive it?  I'd like the "digested" format if possible.

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