item: #1 of 30 id: 19342 author: Alpheus, A. title: Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use date: None words: 34332 flesch: 65 summary: The experiment was repeated on other subjects, in all cases with the same result. They learn to imitate what they see, and since their living depends upon it, they must prove hypnotic subjects who can always be depended upon to do just what is wanted. keywords: body; brain; cases; chapter; cocke; condition; doctor; experiments; eyes; following; hand; head; hypnotism; influence; man; means; mind; operator; patient; person; phenomena; power; sleep; state; subject; suggestion; theory; time; use; way cache: 19342.txt plain text: 19342.txt item: #2 of 30 id: 22512 author: Merliss, Reuben (Reuben Robert) title: The Stutterer date: None words: 10356 flesch: 90 summary: He had accomplished his mission; its results now lay in the opinions of men. But they had not, and he could not find a way to tell this cold old man of what he had learned about the robots and their unity with men. keywords: boy; chief; desk; door; earth; grismet; hall; head; jordan; man; permallium; sheriff; ship; time cache: 22512.txt plain text: 22512.txt item: #3 of 30 id: 22763 author: Garrett, Randall title: Suite Mentale date: None words: 4936 flesch: 88 summary: And what makes you think I would be particularly interested in Paul Wendell? Mr. Wendell wants to tell you that he is very grateful to you for having saved his life, Senator. And Mr. Wendell wants you to know how much he appreciated those visits. keywords: camberton; man; paul; president; senator; time; wendell cache: 22763.txt plain text: 22763.txt item: #4 of 30 id: 22881 author: Nourse, Alan Edward title: My Friend Bobby date: None words: 4933 flesch: 92 summary: She was talking so fast I couldn't hear what she was thinking except for little bits while she set my lunch on the table and then she set a bowl of food on the floor for Bobby even though it wasn't Bobby's time to eat and said nice Bobby here's your dinner. and mommy said nice Bobby, it's good hamburger just the way you like it-- And then for just a second I saw what she was thinking and it was terrible because she was thinking that Bobby would soon be dead, and I remembered daddy saying a long time ago that somebody fed bad things to the Bennet's dog and the dog died and I said don't eat it, Bobby, and Bobby snarled at the dish. keywords: bobby; daddy; mommy cache: 22881.txt plain text: 22881.txt item: #5 of 30 id: 23599 author: Smith, George O. (George Oliver) title: The Big Fix date: None words: 9510 flesch: 82 summary: Then since Mr. Joseph Barcelona is obviously not languishing in jail, it is patent that the police are not making full use of their talented extrasensory operators, nor the evidence thus collected. I said slowly, _If_ I were even thinking of working for Mr. Barcelona, I told him, I would be very careful never, never to mention it, you know. keywords: barcelona; derby; fix; gimpy; joseph; know; lady; lieutenant; mind; nora; taylor; tomboy; wilson cache: 23599.txt plain text: 23599.txt item: #6 of 30 id: 23657 author: Garrett, Randall title: That Sweet Little Old Lady date: None words: 37117 flesch: 94 summary: I realize how important FBI work is to all of us, Mr. Malone. That's how we found him out, Mr. Malone, he said. keywords: barbara; boyd; burris; course; fbi; good; harman; kenneth; lady; look; majesty; malone; man; mind; miss; o'connor; queen; right; sir; spy; telepath; thompson; thought; time cache: 23657.txt plain text: 23657.txt item: #7 of 30 id: 26761 author: Teichner, Albert title: Cerebrum date: None words: 7003 flesch: 83 summary: Each generation became lazier and there's no one alive who can keep this Central System in proper working order. Like every other paraNormal, I received my education by tapping Central for contact with information centers and other minds. keywords: connor; eyes; max; mind; newbridge; people; rhoda; system; way cache: 26761.txt plain text: 26761.txt item: #8 of 30 id: 28813 author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland) title: The Electronic Mind Reader: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story date: None words: 46855 flesch: 91 summary: Rick Brant, you're cooking up something! Rick grinned. I never knew you could fight like that, Rick Brant! Rick grinned. keywords: barber; barby; boys; brant; course; dodd; duke; enemy; good; hartson; head; houseboat; jan; jerry; look; machine; man; marks; mike; mind; new; people; plane; project; rick; right; scotty; spindrift; steve; team; thing; time; water; way; whiteside; winston; work cache: 28813.txt plain text: 28813.txt item: #9 of 30 id: 29151 author: Baggally, W. W. (William Wortley) title: Telepathy, Genuine and Fraudulent date: None words: 17845 flesch: 69 summary: 'W. W. BAGGALLY' In reply to our further questions as to whether Mr. Burgess's experience was a dream or a waking hallucination, Mr. Baggally wrote to us on 1st April 1912:-- 'I had an interview with Mr. Burgess to-day, and the following is the information I received from him respecting the points you raise. Amongst the members of the Committee were Mr. Zancig and Mr. William Marriott. keywords: = =; experiment; hand; letter; madame; mind; miss; rama; telepathy; time; yoga; zancig; | | cache: 29151.txt plain text: 29151.txt item: #10 of 30 id: 30283 author: Constant, Barbara title: The Sound of Silence date: None words: 6091 flesch: 86 summary: And then I began to dream again, and to think about that lonesome silent world even when I was wide awake. Go on, Lucilla, Dr. Andrews said, as she hesitated. Once again, from some remote vantage point, Lucilla watched herself brush past Dr. Andrews and cross to the familiar couch, heard herself say, It's getting worse, watched herself move through a flickering montage of scenes from childhood to womanhood, from past to present. keywords: andrews; lucilla; people; thought; time; way; words cache: 30283.txt plain text: 30283.txt item: #11 of 30 id: 30434 author: Janifer, Laurence M. title: Occasion for Disaster date: None words: 70027 flesch: 91 summary: I'm Kenneth Malone, Malone said. In the car, he held her hand silently, feeling a little like a bashful schoolboy and a little like Sir Kenneth Malone. keywords: boyd; brubitsch; burris; cabbie; case; course; desk; door; eyes; fact; fbi; fred; girl; going; good; hand; head; j. malone; kenneth; lewis; look; lot; luba; majesty; malone; man; matter; mean; men; mind; new; o'connor; office; palveri; people; place; right; room; sand; second; sir; spies; things; thought; time; voice; way; work cache: 30434.txt plain text: 30434.txt item: #12 of 30 id: 30497 author: Garrett, Randall title: The Foreign Hand Tie date: None words: 12275 flesch: 82 summary: He looked at Lenny Poe, a small, dark-haired man with a largish nose. Lenny Poe was a man who was not overawed by anyone, and had no inclination to be formal, not even toward the President. keywords: colonel; davenport; eyes; information; lenny; man; mind; poe; president; rafe; raphael; spaulding; thing; thought; time; way cache: 30497.txt plain text: 30497.txt item: #13 of 30 id: 30500 author: Harmon, Kenneth title: The Passenger date: None words: 3808 flesch: 89 summary: But while I dress, you must take your spying little thoughts away. This noiseless pulse stole into every corner of the ship, through long, empty passageways lined with closed stateroom doors, up spiraling stairways to the bridge and navigational decks, and down into vast and echoing holds, filled with strange cargo from distant worlds. keywords: head; home; room; ship; stairs; thought; years cache: 30500.txt plain text: 30500.txt item: #14 of 30 id: 31611 author: Wolf, Mari title: Robots of the World! Arise! date: None words: 6894 flesch: 94 summary: The sergeant climbed out, walked down the street toward a large group of waiting robots--about twenty of them, this time. If they want to discuss wages and contracts and working conditions, like other men have, we'll consider it. keywords: androids; city; jack; jerry; morrison; robots; time; work cache: 31611.txt plain text: 31611.txt item: #15 of 30 id: 31612 author: Wolf, Mari title: The Very Secret Agent date: None words: 5446 flesch: 98 summary: That night after work Pete Ganley was waiting outside the gate again. Alice Hendricks said at his elbow. keywords: alice; hendricks; nagor; pete; riuku; susan; thoughts cache: 31612.txt plain text: 31612.txt item: #16 of 30 id: 34420 author: Budrys, Algis title: Riya's Foundling date: None words: 2872 flesch: 86 summary: Soft as tender fingers, gentle as the human hand that smooths the awry hair back from the young forehead, Riya's mental caress enfolded Phildee. The fur along the ridge of Riya's spine prickled with a well-remembered happiness as she felt the hesitant answering surge in Phildee's mind. keywords: calf; mind; mother; people; phildee; riya cache: 34420.txt plain text: 34420.txt item: #17 of 30 id: 37203 author: Mason, R. Osgood (Rufus Osgood) title: Telepathy and the Subliminal Self date: None words: 72011 flesch: 63 summary: Placed before us as a working hypothesis, many other facts, before errant and unclassified, group themselves about it in wonderful clearness and harmony. Socrates, Joan of Arc, Swedenborg, and many others considered these instructions infallible, supernatural, or divine; but in other cases the messages so given have been trivial, perhaps even false, thus removing the element of infallibility and absolute truthfulness from messages of this sort, and at the same time casting a doubt upon their supernatural character in any case. keywords: account; action; agent; case; character; condition; day; experiments; facts; following; hand; house; hypnotism; knowledge; life; man; manner; means; mind; miss; morning; mother; mrs; new; night; people; personality; persons; phenomena; place; planchette; power; present; psychical; room; saw; second; self; sleep; subject; thought; time; vision; way; writing; years; | | cache: 37203.txt plain text: 37203.txt item: #18 of 30 id: 41358 author: Atkinson, William Walker title: Practical Mind-Reading A Course of Lessons on Thought-Transference, Telepathy, Mental-Currents, Mental Rapport, &c. date: None words: 20440 flesch: 65 summary: Mind Reading feats depend upon the degree of Will and Concentration on the part of the Transmitter, and upon the degree of Receptivity and Passivity upon the part of the Receiver. In addition to the feats given in this work, which, together with their countless variations, form the stock in trade of the majority of the professional Mind Readers, there are a number of other feats essayed by the public performers which we have seen fit to group under the general title Sensational Feats. keywords: audience; demonstration; experiments; feat; hand; mind; mind reading; person; practice; public; reading; right; room; thought; transmitter; work cache: 41358.txt plain text: 41358.txt item: #19 of 30 id: 50863 author: Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett) title: Alien Minds date: None words: 69698 flesch: 84 summary: At long last Hanlon struck--and was instantly numbed from the force of the blow and chilled by the icy water. Hanlon continued looking into the outside cages containing these tailless roches, the Estrellan equivalent of wild dogs. keywords: admiral; amir; auldin; away; body; control; door; estrellan; eyes; face; father; federation; find; george hanlon; good; hanlon; hooper; house; irad; left; man; men; mind; moment; people; place; right; roches; room; ruler; things; think; thought; time; trying; way; work; yandor; young cache: 50863.txt plain text: 50863.txt item: #20 of 30 id: 50872 author: Smith, Evelyn E. title: Not Fit for Children date: None words: 3791 flesch: 88 summary: They come from the third planet, I persisted, trying to keep from disgracing myself by _fllwng_ in front of the other young ones. Sam pointed to the portable atmosphere machine which was set up several _yebil_ away to give our playground proper air. keywords: metal; ones; sam; thought; time cache: 50872.txt plain text: 50872.txt item: #21 of 30 id: 59157 author: Fritch, Charles E. title: Escape Mechanism date: None words: 6063 flesch: 88 summary: Good morning, Linda, Abby replied, smiling at the girl's energy. Abby recognized him as one who had 'vised Linda very often on questions of homework. keywords: abby; gower; linda; mind; thought; world cache: 59157.txt plain text: 59157.txt item: #22 of 30 id: 59224 author: Kenney, Neil J. title: They Were Different date: None words: 6890 flesch: 84 summary: Fortunately the others milled around for a precious minute or two when they found him, giving us still more time. Our visitor, Thurlow, was District Judge Thurlow of District Two, a very high man on the law enforcement pole. keywords: donald; good; judge; man; mind; sheriff; thurlow; time; trainor cache: 59224.txt plain text: 59224.txt item: #23 of 30 id: 59304 author: Riley, Frank title: Bright Islands date: None words: 2474 flesch: 81 summary: When the two Geno-Doctors were gone, Miryam took the red capsule from under the base of the bedlamp and slipped it between her dry lips. At the worst of the pain cycle, Miryam bit down on her under lip until the flesh showed as white as her teeth. keywords: doctor; geno; miryam; psi; sar cache: 59304.txt plain text: 59304.txt item: #24 of 30 id: 60897 author: Mittleman, E. title: The Non-Electronic Bug date: None words: 3115 flesch: 100 summary: However, Henry had more brains than Skippy. Being a genius, my theory is that when Henry worked Skippy over, he jarred his tuning strips, or whatever it is, so now Skippy's receiving on another frequency. keywords: henry; skippy; time; window cache: 60897.txt plain text: 60897.txt item: #25 of 30 id: 61186 author: De Vet, Charles V. title: Gramp date: None words: 2553 flesch: 101 summary: One night Gramp was holding me and buying some groceries and Mr. Van was putting them in a cardboard box, and he was thinking about going to the bank in Escanaba and cashing a check. I told Gramp, but then Mr. Van came close. keywords: gramp; pictures cache: 61186.txt plain text: 61186.txt item: #26 of 30 id: 61271 author: Cunningham, Charles D. title: The Man Who Flew date: None words: 3030 flesch: 91 summary: Radcliffe, unsure of himself at first, gathered confidence as he noticed Keller's interest growing. But it was not a lie; no non-tele could block a lie, and Keller scanned the truth in Radcliffe's brain. keywords: keller; man; radcliffe; sally cache: 61271.txt plain text: 61271.txt item: #27 of 30 id: 61335 author: White, Ted title: I, Executioner date: None words: 3160 flesch: 92 summary: Where _was_ the sanity in this Arena? I couldn't lie still while they carried me to that chair. ] I always shook when I came out of the Arena, but this time the tension wrapped my stomach in painful knots and salty perspiration stung my neck where I had shaved only a little over an hour earlier. keywords: arena; eyes; face; hand; light cache: 61335.txt plain text: 61335.txt item: #28 of 30 id: 62199 author: Winterbotham, R. R. (Russell Robert) title: The Thought-Men of Mercury date: None words: 4449 flesch: 94 summary: Cappy, who was leading the way, paused and waited for Terry. Cappy had been too surprised at the sight of the grinning face to notice Terry's action. keywords: chomby; earthmen; fear; man; mercurian; terry cache: 62199.txt plain text: 62199.txt item: #29 of 30 id: 62253 author: dePina, Albert title: Star of Panadur date: None words: 3910 flesch: 85 summary: When at last Hugh Betancourt regained full consciousness, and was able to sit up and stare around him, he realized that he had not been a prey to delusions. Hugh Betancourt quickly rose from the fire he tended, and turned startled eyes on the furry bundle Jim Brannigan grasped firmly by the scruff of its neck. keywords: brannigan; cold; eyes; hugh; jim; mind cache: 62253.txt plain text: 62253.txt item: #30 of 30 id: 62377 author: Hasse, Henry title: Alcatraz of the Starways date: None words: 24383 flesch: 85 summary: The surprise stopped Mark Denning in his tracks, but fortunately, thanks to his training, he managed to keep his face impassive as they recognized each other simultaneously. You are demoted back to the lower order, Mark Denning, she said with a hint of the same mockery Mark had known in the Swamp. keywords: aladdian; aladdo; asteroid; carston; commander; council; cynthia; earth; eyes; face; fleet; luhor; mark; marnik; men; metal; space; swamp; time; venus; venusian; voice; vulcan cache: 62377.txt plain text: 62377.txt