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"The Seventh Voyage"
by Stanislaw Lem

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Publishing Data

Originally published in The Star Diaries 1971
Collected in The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, ed. Arthur B. Evans et al.
Preview
Ijon Tichy, a space traveler alone on a damaged ship, attempts to use time loops caused by the ship's passage through a number of gravitational vortices to collaborate with a future self to repair the ship.
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Navigation Guide
Characterize Ijon Tichy.
What is Tichy's predicament?
How does Tichy intend to use his location in space to solve his problem?
What is the tone of the story?
What is the point of the story?
 
 
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Further Exploration
Compare this story to "All You Zombies.--" by Robert A. Heinlein
 
 
 
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