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_aJameson, Malcolm, _d1891-1945 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe giftie gien |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2022 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Unknown Worlds April 1943. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2022-12-30 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The giftie gien" by Malcolm Jameson is a short story published in the early 1940s. This speculative fiction piece explores the themes of self-awareness and the perception of one's character and actions through the lens of afterlife judgment. The narrative begins with the mundane interactions of a sales manager and transitions into a surreal exploration of the protagonist's essence after his sudden death. In the story, we follow Jerome Chester Chisholm, a self-satisfied sales manager who is brutally murdered after dismissing the struggles of his underperforming employees. Following his death, he discovers an eerie afterlife where he encounters a demon and is forced to face the judgments of various individuals whose lives he impacted—both positively and negatively. As the manifestations of all the people he's interacted with blend into a grotesque version of himself, Chisholm is confronted with the harsh reality of his self-centered existence, ultimately leading to a profound moment of self-reflection and accountability. Through this journey, the story critiques the nature of self-perception and the importance of understanding how one is perceived by others. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1943 |
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| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aFantasy fiction | ||
| 653 | _aBusinessmen -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aFuture life -- Fiction | ||
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_aKramer, Frank, _d1905-1993 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Unknown Worlds April 1943. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69667 |
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