The Sound Machine

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1. darkflame91Sep 2023
   Roald Dahl wrote a short story, 'The Sound Machine' that's on very similar lines. Looks like it can be found in its entirety here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
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2. TechBro8615Jun 2023
   Last time something similar to this was posted, somebody recommended [0] "The Sound Machine" [1], a short story by Road Dahl. If you have thirty minutes to spare, you won't regret reading it.

   [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35403491

   [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...

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3. mcswellApr 2023
   I am astounded that no one has mentioned "The Sound Machine" by Roald Dahl (1949), in which a scientist invents a machine that makes ultrasonic sounds audible to humans. He discovers that plants scream when cut. You can read it at https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...
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4. tantalorJan 2021
   The Sound Machine

   By Roald Dahl

   September 10, 1949

   A man named Klausner invents a machine that can hear sound the human ear cannot hear. It reproduces the sounds on a lower pitch so that human beings can hear it. With this machine he hears roses scream as his neighbor cuts them. The next morning he hears a tree scream when he cuts into it with an axe. He calls his doctor excitedly and asks him to come over at once. The doctor comes and Klausner says he wants him to listen to the tree's screams. He starts cutting into it with an axe and a large branch begins to fall. They barely get out of the way in time. He asks the doctor if he heard the scream but the doctor will not say that he did. Klausner is very upset and demands that the doctor paint the two gashes with iodine.

   https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1949/09/17/the-sound-mach...

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