Project Gutenberg 2019-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 96 Fontenay, Charles L. 1917 2007 Fontenay, Charles Louis The Old Goat Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, February 1957 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Old Goat" by Charles L. Fontenay is a science fiction story written in the mid-20th century. It revolves around the experimental work of Dr. Angstrom, a grumpy scientist colloquially nicknamed "The Old Goat" by his students and colleagues. The narrative explores themes of scientific discovery, matter transmission, and the intersection of the physical and metaphysical, particularly focusing on the implications of transmitting animate versus inanimate objects. The plot centers on Dr. Angstrom's ambitious experiment to test a matter transmission device using a live goat as his subject. After successfully demonstrating the device with inanimate objects, he decides to transmit the goat. In a humorous turn of events, both the goat and Dr. Angstrom accidentally find themselves inside the transmitter. Upon transmission, they reemerge unharmed, with the goat humorously asserting its triumph while Dr. Angstrom appears changed by the experience, leading to an ambiguous yet comedic conclusion. The story cleverly blends science fiction with humor, leaving readers to ponder the nature of existence and the soul in light of modern scientific advancements. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Inventors -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 31194 2025-06-23T16:10:04.620901 text/html 27189 2019-06-07T10:09:42 text/html 79233 2025-06-23T16:10:06.305900 application/epub+zip 78078 2025-06-23T16:10:04.997873 application/epub+zip 78078 2025-06-23T16:10:04.783875 application/epub+zip 110205 2025-06-23T16:10:07.455861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103324 2025-06-23T16:10:06.100881 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103551 2022-09-27T02:10:27.514956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25333 2025-06-23T16:10:04.524874 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25270 2019-06-07T10:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19133 2025-06-23T16:10:07.594830 application/rdf+xml 27275 2025-06-23T16:10:04.870847 image/jpeg 4930 2025-06-23T16:10:04.825872 image/jpeg 245843 2019-06-07T10:09:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 9392 2019-06-07T10:09:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 247862 2025-06-23T16:10:04.629910 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