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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aPhillips, Rog,
_d1909-1965
245 1 4 _aThe Lost Ego
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 Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy April 1953
500 _aRelease date is 2021-08-25
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Lost Ego" by Rog Phillips is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The narrative explores complex themes of identity and consciousness, centering around a protagonist who grapples with the bewildering reality of alternate identities and memories. The story delves into existential questions about the nature of self, memory, and reality through the lens of a man who finds himself inhabiting the life of different individuals, each with their own pasts and challenges. The plot follows a man named Fred Martin who suddenly realizes he is living not just as himself but as Orville Snyder, a man whose identity he doesn't recognize. As he navigates through his confusion, he becomes entangled in the lives of other characters such as David Thordsen, confronting fragmented memories and identities. Ultimately, he discovers that he possesses not just the memories but a physical form that amalgamates aspects of these personas. The climax forces him to confront his true self and leads him to embrace his identity while recognizing the scientific and moral implications of his existence, culminating in a determination to build a robot that embodies his understanding of consciousness and self-awareness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1953
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aIdentity -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy April 1953
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66137
999 _c106959
_d106959