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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aFarrell, Henry,
_d1920-2006
245 1 0 _aToffee turns the trick
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aToffee
490 1 _aProduced from Fantastic Adventures February 1949
500 _aRelease date is 2023-10-03
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Toffee Turns The Trick" by Charles F. Myers is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The story revolves around Marc Pillsworth, a man who inadvertently ages backward after taking mysterious pills called Fixage. The narrative blends elements of fantasy and humor, featuring the enchanting character Toffee, who embodies Marc's subconscious desires and engages with the world he inhabits. At the start of the book, we encounter a vivid dreamlike valley where Toffee resides, eagerly awaiting to possibly materialize into reality as Marc deals with the pressures of his life. Meanwhile, Marc is immersed in a conversation with a rather eccentric character, Mr. Culpepper, who is trying to convince him about the virtues of the Fixage pills. As Marc's condition deteriorates due to stress at work, he unintentionally consumes some of the pills and begins to regress in age, leading to comedic and chaotic events involving Toffee and themselves as childlike figures. This sets the stage for an adventure highlighting themes of identity, imagination, and the absurdities of adulthood. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cChicago, IL: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1948
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aFantasy fiction
653 _aSubconsciousness -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aToffee
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic Adventures February 1949
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71784
999 _c112510
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