Project Gutenberg 2010-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 98 Cogan, Alan Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH In the Cards Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction June 1956. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "In the Cards" by Alan Cogan is a science fiction narrative written in the mid-20th century. The story delves into the implications of time travel through a device called the Grundy Projector, allowing individuals to peer into their future for personal insight. The book explores the drastic impact of knowing one's future and how this knowledge affects relationships and life decisions. The plot centers around Gerald, who anticipates his marriage to Marge while using the time projector to glimpse their life together two years down the line. Disturbingly, he witnesses a future filled with conflict and despair between them, leading him to question whether to proceed with their wedding. As society becomes engulfed in time projection, Gerald realizes that knowing the future could deterministically dictate people's actions, often leading to self-fulfilling prophecies. Eventually, unable to cope with their predicted fate, Gerald and Marge decide to escape to the past, only to find themselves grappling with new challenges while subtly navigating their predetermined lives. The narrative raises questions about free will, destiny, and how knowledge of the future can profoundly alter human behavior, leaving readers to consider the value of uncertainty in life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/32853/32853-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 68265 2025-08-13T10:23:04.434657 text/html 64804 2010-06-17T10:39:28 text/html 227436 2025-08-13T10:23:06.534597 application/epub+zip 226258 2025-08-13T10:23:04.986629 application/epub+zip 85508 2025-08-13T10:23:04.676611 application/epub+zip 266812 2025-08-13T10:23:07.836607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259162 2025-08-13T10:23:06.274636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118949 2022-09-15T06:36:53.192164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59935 2025-08-13T10:23:04.281627 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59826 2010-06-17T10:39:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19387 2025-08-13T10:23:07.973609 application/rdf+xml 28327 2025-08-13T10:23:04.771637 image/jpeg 4774 2025-08-13T10:23:04.720642 image/jpeg 217762 2010-06-17T10:39:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 22757 2010-06-17T10:39:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 218679 2025-08-13T10:23:04.450645 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia