Tape Jockey

Leahy, TomProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 3.0
Word count
14K words
Chapters
2

Tags

English Originals Science Fiction Sci-Fi MysteryTape MysteryMystery SolvingTruth PursuitConspiracy UnveiledTechnophobiaCriminal PsychologySuspensefulUrban ThrillerPopular Narrative

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Tape Jockey by Tom LeahyAuthor: Leahy, Tom,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: May 29, 2010

Editor's review

Tape Jockey is a short story by Tom Lees, released as an English e-book by Project Gutenberg. Judging from the title and the category it is filed under, it belongs to American short fiction and has the narrative features of pulp magazines: concise, with a direct plot. The Gutenberg edition is the original-language e-book, suitable as a lightweight sample of twentieth-century American popular short fiction. For readers who want to practice English reading without the burden of a long work, this kind of short story is a friendly entry point: the length is manageable, the language relatively plain, and it offers a complete story experience. Note that this edition has no modern introduction, annotations, or author biography, so readers must grasp the period context themselves. It is best treated as a short reading exercise rather than systematic literary research material.

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Contents

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About the author

Leahy, Tom Author

Tom Leahy is an author about whom very limited public information is currently available; his nationality, dates of birth and death, educational background, and writing career have not been reliably documented. Two of his works are held in the collection, namely One Martian Afternoon and Tape Jockey. Judging from the titles, the former may involve science fiction set on Mars, while the latter may center on tapes, recording, or the broadcasting industry, suggesting that the author moves between science-fiction imagination and realistic professional settings. Owing to the lack of biographical and critical materials, his writing style, creative development, and literary influence are difficult to assess accurately, and only cautious inferences can be drawn from the titles of these two works. Overall, Leahy is an author whose works are listed but whose background remains sparse, and readers seeking further understanding must rely on the disclosure of more public publishing information.