Pangborn's paradox (Registro nro. 112643)
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| control field | 71917 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| control field | 20260610134649.0 |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mason, David, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1924-1974 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Pangborn's paradox |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Produced from Infinity June 1958 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2023-10-20 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Pangborn's Paradox" by David Mason is a short science fiction tale written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around a group of academic characters engaged in witty discussions about temporal paradoxes and the theoretical implications of time travel. The narrative explores the philosophical and practical challenges posed by time travel, particularly through the lens of a grand experiment involving the protagonist's grandfather. In this story, the main character Pangborn, a member of the Physics department, proposes to use a temporal transducer to go back in time and kill his grandfather, seeking to demonstrate the paradoxes surrounding existence and causality. The scene shifts to a bar in the past where Pangborn confronts his grandfather, leading to an unexpected turn of events where the grandfather, armed and aware, shoots Pangborn instead. This twist complicates the original assumption about time travel and its consequences, leaving the observers—and readers—intrigued by the implications of the experiment. The narrative culminates in a humorous yet thought-provoking reflection on existence, identity, and the nature of time itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York, NY: Royal Publications, Inc., 1958 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Science fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Short stories |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Time travel -- Fiction |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kluga, Richard |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Infinity June 1958 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71917">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71917</a> |
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