Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 71 — page 111: what you’re looking at

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AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION conscious takes command, and the subconscious has no censor. There should always be a monitor to watch for the physical reactions and cut the power if things go too far. But Carl was alone.” “And?” “And so he died. Remem- ber that, what he imagined, to him was real. And the more he sank into the dream world, the greater the feed- back from his subconscious became, and the more violent his physical response became to the accepted stimuli. And the subconscious has no cen- sor. It goes the whole way.” “I begin to see what you are getting at,” said Hammond suddenly. ‘“‘Pain and the love of pain. Carl?’ “Yes. Carl was a masochist. He literally tortured himself to death.”’ Mark was not an unin- telligent man. He had read widely and garnered know- ledge from odd corners. He knew what a masochist was, 1t0 a person who derived pleasure from personal pain, and, assuming the existence of the machine, his death was logical. But he needed proof. Hammond, too, was not unintelligent and already his mind had leapt ahead. This trouble would be cleared up. The machine, because it had been developed with Home- dale money and Homedale staff, would belong to the hospital. It would prove a boon to the treatment of insanity, but it would be more than that. Such a machine would be in immediate de- mand in the world of enter- tainment. His money worries — were OVE€T. Sam noticed the director’s expression, guessed what had caused it, and inwardly smiled. Hammond was in for a shock. He explained why as he led the way across the laboratory towards the screened corner. “This machine is no toy. It is dangerous, it can harm and, as we have seen, it can kill. Most people are cursed COmicbookssconn