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・ The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
・ The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940 film)
・ The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958 film)
・ The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon
・ The Man Who Fell to Earth
・ The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987 film)
・ The Man Who Fell to Earth (disambiguation)
・ The Man Who Fell to Earth (novel)
・ The Man Who Fights Alone
・ The Man Who Finally Died
・ The Man Who Finally Died (TV series)
The Man Who Folded Himself
・ The Man Who Forgot
・ The Man Who Forgot (1917 film)
・ The Man Who Forgot (1919 film)
・ The Man Who Forgot (1927 film)
・ The Man Who Found Himself
・ The Man Who Found Himself (1925 film)
・ The Man Who Grew Too Much
・ The Man Who Had All the Luck
・ The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short
・ The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short (film)
・ The Man Who Had Power Over Women
・ The Man Who Had Three Arms
・ The Man Who Haunted Himself
・ The Man Who Invented the Computer


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The Man Who Folded Himself : ウィキペディア英語版
The Man Who Folded Himself

''The Man Who Folded Himself'' is a 1973 science fiction novel by David Gerrold that deals with time travel. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1974. The book explores the psychological, physical, and personal challenges that manifest when time travel is possible for a single individual at the touch of a button.
==Plot summary==
In 1975, Daniel Eakins, a young college student, is visited by a man claiming to be his "Uncle Jim". Uncle Jim offers to increase Daniel's monthly allowance for living expenses as long as Daniel promises to keep a diary. Shortly after, Uncle Jim dies, and Daniel inherits a 'Timebelt' from him that allows the wearer to travel through time. Daniel quickly learns how to use the Timebelt and makes a few short jumps into his own future. He meets an alternate version of himself, who accompanies him to a race-track where the pair make a fortune betting on horse-racing. The following day, Daniel realises that it is his turn to guide his younger self through the previous day at the races; through this and other events the time-travelling Daniel learns more about the belt, about the nature of the 'timestream', and about his personal identity.
Daniel repeatedly encounters alternate versions of himself, ultimately having sex with himself and beginning a relationship with himself. He learns that the changes he has made to his timeline have erased all traces of his childhood and early life. Finding himself lonely and hoping to correct the situation, he jumps backwards in time, where he meets a female version of himself called Diane. He begins a relationship with Diane. Diane soon becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son. Shortly after, Daniel and Diane separate, and Daniel raises his son in 1950s America. As Daniel ages, he becomes more obsessed with returning to the relationship he had with Diane, and then with the thought of his own inevitable death. He spends much of his time at a house party set in 1999, enjoying the company of dozens of versions of himself at different ages.
Daniel eventually realises that he has now become his Uncle Jim and that his son is actually the young future version of himself who will go on to inherit the Timebelt, and that his life has 'come full circle'. He makes preparations for after his death to ensure that the young Daniel experiences the same events that he did when he was the same age. The book ends with the young Daniel, who has read the now-complete diary, having to decide whether he will use the Timebelt.

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