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Sci-fi story of note: "The Ultimate Melody" by Arthur C. Clarke[0], from 1957. [0] https://archive.org/stream/1957-02_IF#page/n71/mode/2up https://archive.org/
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Sci-fi story of note: "The Ultimate Melody" by Arthur C. Clarke[0], from 1957.
[0] https://archive.org/stream/1957-02_IF#page/n71/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/1957-02_IF#page/n71/mode/2up
- cpeterso 8y agoThanks! I hadn't seen that Arthur C. Clarke story before. It reminds me of Alfred Bester's 1953 novel The Demolished Man: a murderer pays someone to write a catchy jingle (earworm) for him that can block psychics from reading his murderous thoughts.