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100 1 _aTenn, William,
_d1920-2010
245 1 0 _aMe, Myself and I
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Winter 1947
500 _aRelease date is 2021-01-21
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Me, Myself and I" by Kenneth Putnam is a science fiction short story published in the early 20th century, specifically in the winter of 1947. The narrative follows the humorous and chaotic adventures of Galahad (Gooseneck) McCarthy, a vagabond who becomes involved in an experimental time-traveling journey that ultimately leads to a series of unforeseen complications. The central theme revolves around the potential consequences of time travel and the butterfly effect, where a simple action in the past can drastically alter the present. The story begins with Professor Ruddle enlisting McCarthy, a stubborn tramp, to operate a time machine. McCarthy reluctantly agrees in exchange for a monetary incentive and jumps back 110 million years to the Cretaceous Period. After moving a rock—a task he was warned could have significant implications—he returns to find adverse changes to the present, including the professor's altered identity and a hastened marriage. The need to rectify these unintended consequences leads to multiple trips through time, wherein McCarthy encounters doppelgängers of himself—each with their own agenda regarding the rock's displacement. The narrative comically examines identity, choice, and the paradoxes inherent in manipulating time, concluding with the characters ultimately becoming stranded in their own absurd cycle. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aTime travel -- Fiction
653 _aInventions -- Fiction
700 1 _aMcWilliams, Al,
_d1916-1993
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Winter 1947
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64354
999 _c105177
_d105177