The Magazine of F & SF
1969
· English
About this story
After an accident, a businessman learns that he is an artificial being whose experiences are controlled by a mechanism inside his body. His experiments with that mechanism call the nature of reality itself into question.
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Work history
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Nov 1968
Composed Nov 1968
Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.
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Jan 4, 1969
Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency
Jan 4, 1969
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Oct 1969
First published Oct 1969
The Magazine of F & SF
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