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Subject: Here is the plot.  What is the title and author?
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 21:01:25 EST
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From: Alvin Wong 


   A friend of mine here is looking for a short story that was
published in Analog some time ago.  He doesn't know the title or author
but has described the main gist of the plot to me which follows :

  The main character repeatly gets drunk and suffers from blackouts.
During his blackout periods he manages to invent machines.  When he
recovers from these blackouts he doesn't remember inventing the machines
and spends his sober periods trying to find out what they do.  All the
machines serve some useful purpose and sometimes the inventor almost
kills himself while trying to discover it.  He also makes acquaintances
during his blackouts and doesn't remember them either when sober.
There is some comic relief as the main character pretends he remembers
everything.

   Any suggestions and/or pointers would be welcomed.
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