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100 1 _aTenn, William,
_d1920-2010
245 1 0 _aOf All Possible Worlds
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction December 1956
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_All_Possible_Worlds
500 _aRelease date is 2016-01-17
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Of All Possible Worlds" by William Tenn is a science fiction novella that appears to have been written in the mid-20th century, specifically during the 1950s. The story revolves around themes of time travel, human survival, and the consequences of altering historical events, centering on a character's mission to prevent a catastrophic epidemic that arises from a failed missile experiment in 1976. In the narrative, Max Alben, a time traveler, is tasked with going back in time to a critical moment when a guided missile is launched, with the goal of deflecting it to avert a disastrous event known as the Blight. Throughout his journey, he grapples with the implications of his actions, discovering a competing alternative future where a different sequence of events has unfolded. The exploration of human desperation in a dystopian world and the ethical dilemma of intervening in the past weave together a complex tale where personal motivations conflict with the greater good. As the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into the moral ambiguity of Alben's choices, questioning the nature of fate and humanity's responsibility to itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aTime travel -- Fiction
700 1 _aGaughan, Jack,
_d1930-1985
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction December 1956
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50948
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