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Solander's Radio Tomb

Ellis Parker Butler

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Solander's Radio Tomb

Ellis Parker Butler

Humour, Short Stories

Remington Solander, a millionaire of singular ambition, decides death won't silence him. He commissions an elaborate tomb equipped with a radio loudspeaker, designed to broadcast uplifting religious programming to visitors for eternity. Thecemetery becomes the most desirable burial spot in town. But when government regulations shift the radio frequencies, Solander's carefully curated message transforms into something rather different: comedy programs, vaudeville sketches, and light entertainment drift from his tomb instead. The solemn mourners flee. The cemetery empties. Only Solander's broadcasting tomb remains, a monument not to spiritual transcendence but to the beautiful chaos of unintended consequences. Butler's satirical gem proves that the surest way to become a laughingstock is to build a machine designed for posterity.

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A humorous short story written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers on the eccentric Remington Solander, a w...

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"Pigs Is Pigs" Butler quite surpasses himself in this story. The intricacies in radio are so great, and the changes occu...

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