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100	1		_aSimak, Clifford D., _d1904-1988
245	1	4	_aThe Street That Wasn't There
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2007
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aProduced from Comet, July 1941.
500			_aRelease date is 2007-08-02
508			_aProduced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520			_a"The Street That Wasn't There" by Clifford D. Simak and Carl Jacobi is a speculative fiction novella written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around an eccentric recluse, Mr. Jonathon Chambers, who finds himself ensconced in a dramatically shifting reality—where familiar places and objects begin to inexplicably vanish. The narrative wrestles with themes of perception, reality, and the power of collective consciousness as it explores the boundaries of existence and the fragility of the human-made world. In the novella, Mr. Chambers adheres to a strict routine in his solitary life, walking the same streets every evening. However, his predictable existence is shattered when he discovers that parts of his familiar neighborhood, including the confectionery he frequents, have mysteriously disappeared. As he grapples with the implications of this phenomenon, he reflects on a book he had written decades earlier, positing that humanity's collective minds shape reality. As a plague decimates the population, the world around him begins to dissolve into a gray nothingness, forcing Mr. Chambers to confront the grim possibility that the threads holding his reality together are fraying. Ultimately, he finds himself in a race against time to retain his sense of self and the life he has known, facing the slowly encroaching void alone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_nOriginal publication data not identified
653			_aScience fiction
653			_aShort stories
700	1		_aJacobi, Carl, _d1908-1997
830		0	_aProduced from Comet, July 1941.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22218
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