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I didn't understand this bit. On the way out of my professor’s office, a young man (handsome, introspective and yet obviously ambitious) steals my book report.
by roundsquare 17y ago
I didn't understand this bit.
On the way out of my professor’s office, a young man (handsome, introspective and yet obviously ambitious) steals my book report. It doesn’t really matter since I’ve already received my grade. But it was still a painful reminder of how tough you have to be in this world.
Can someone explain?
- jdrock 17y agoIt's his past/future self stealing his book report.
- roundsquare 17y agoAh, cool, thanks. I didn't notice that the date was the same as the date of "I steal the book report."
- scott_s 17y agoHe stole the bookreport from his future self; his bookreport was stolen by his past self.
- kiba 17y agoSo...who wrote the book report?
- gloob 17y agoIt's turtles all the way down.
- IsaacSchlueter 17y agoThat's why he only got a C-
- rms 17y agoThis is one of my favorite plot devices in science fiction. See Asimov's drastically underrated The End of Eternity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Eternity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Eternity http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/101698/Asimov%2C%20Isaac%20-%20The%20End%20of%20Eternity.rtf http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/101698/Asimov%2C%20Isaac%20-%20Th...