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A review by hakimbriki
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
4.0
As John Lennon once sang: "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together." Yeah, this pretty much summarizes what happens in this book.
I would describe The Man Who Folded Himself as time-travel porn (those who read the book will excuse the pun). It's the story of Danny, a young man who inherits a time-travel belt from his late uncle. He then starts duplicating himself and creating new realities, he rewrites his life as he sees fit and thinks he's God. So far, it's your basic time-travel novel. Only, when Danny starts interacting with himself and finding himself very charming... things get unexpectedly eerie. Some would say sick, but please! Having sex with our future/past selves is everybody's fantasy, right? Right ?
I had a lot of fun reading this book, despite the repetitive scenes and generic telling of Danny's adventures through time (which was fair enough, as the story is character-driven). The plot is stimulating and though-provoking, but never too confusing. David Gerrold facilitates the comprehension of basic time-travel paradoxes and whatnot to the reader and addresses the right issues at the right time.
Seriously though, I would totally hit on a female version of myself, just for a laugh.
I would describe The Man Who Folded Himself as time-travel porn (those who read the book will excuse the pun). It's the story of Danny, a young man who inherits a time-travel belt from his late uncle. He then starts duplicating himself and creating new realities, he rewrites his life as he sees fit and thinks he's God. So far, it's your basic time-travel novel. Only, when Danny starts interacting with himself and finding himself very charming... things get unexpectedly eerie. Some would say sick, but please! Having sex with our future/past selves is everybody's fantasy, right? Right ?
I had a lot of fun reading this book, despite the repetitive scenes and generic telling of Danny's adventures through time (which was fair enough, as the story is character-driven). The plot is stimulating and though-provoking, but never too confusing. David Gerrold facilitates the comprehension of basic time-travel paradoxes and whatnot to the reader and addresses the right issues at the right time.
Seriously though, I would totally hit on a female version of myself, just for a laugh.