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Subject: story request
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 20:29:22 EDT
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From: Henry Vogel 

> Nick Simicich 
>Subject: Story title request.
>
>A friend of mine is looking for a book title.  Perhaps you can help:
>
>Thought I'd ask all you SciFi nuts about a book I've been trying to
>(re)find for years.  I could swear the word 'belt' or 'timebelt' was
>used someplace in the title. The story is about a guy who got a belt
>for his birthday from a relative. The belt is supposed to allow him
>to travel in time... While putting on the belt and doubtfully
>looking it over, he gets a knock on his door.  He opens the door to
>find 'himself' - who tells him that he'll understand later, comes in
>and grabs something and leaves. So the guy decides to set the belt
>back a few hours and try it out... he ends up back in time by a few
>hours.  Somewhere along the line he must go back to his apartment.
>He comes up to the door, hears someone inside, and it dawns on him.
>He knocks- 'himself' answers - he explains to 'himself' that he'll
>understand later and goes and gets something in the apartment and
>leaves.

The book you're looking for is The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold.
This is a truely strange, but fun book. I think you shouldn't have any problem
finding it.

Henry Vogel
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