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    The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity
    The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity
    The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity
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    The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity

    By L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1976
    The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity

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      A rather silly story - very much in fairy tale style (as he says in the subtitle). A boy accidentally summons the Demon (more Daemon) of Electricity, who gives him powerful gifts that are based on electricity...unsurprisingly, the boy goes wandering around (around the world), messes up frequently and comes very close to being killed several times, and stranded somewhere even more often. He's supposed to be showing his marvelous gifts to scientists in order to excite their curiosity and make them want to recreate the gadgets; somehow, every time he talks to someone who's actually interested in the gadgets rather than in what they can do or show, the person is evil and wants to steal the gifts. Every time. And one of the gifts would let him _see_ what their character was, and - every time - he checks only _after_ he's shown off his gifts. Three times at least. Sheesh. The boy is - well, a boy. Young teen at most, probably pre-teen, and as careless and unthinking as is normal for that age. The stories are mildly racist - he runs into serious problems with "savage natives" and "evil-faced" Arab warriors. On the other hand, it's definitely not "white men are good and heroic"; the time he comes closest to dying is because of a white man trying to steal his gadgets. He finally decides that the problem is that mankind as a whole are not yet ready for these gifts, and convinces the Demon to take them back and go away and wait until humans are ready to manage these things well. The conclusion isn't bad - it's better than either of the obvious options - but it's also a bit of a copout. Overall - eh. Not sorry I read it but I doubt I'll ever bother to reread.

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