Project Gutenberg 2019-11-13 Public domain in the USA. 85 Harmon, Jim 1933 2010 Harmon, James Judson Baker's Dozens Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Baker's Dozens" by Jim Harmon is a science fiction short story published in the late 1950s. The narrative centers around a character named Baker, often characterized as a renegade and self-styled 'Robin Hood' of space, whose actions against extraterrestrial exploitation spark a complex tale involving multiple identities and moral dilemmas. The story delves into themes of identity, justice, and the consequences of one's actions in a universe filled with diverse alien cultures. In the story, Baker navigates various worlds and encounters challenges that test his beliefs and motives. Initially depicted as a pirate seeking to liberate alien minds from Earth’s propaganda, he becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue involving duplicity and survival. Baker's encounters lead to his accidental duplication through a malfunctioning teleportation device, creating multiple versions of himself in the process. This culminates in a surreal confrontation regarding the nature of identity, as the original Baker and his copies grapple with their existence and purpose. The story concludes with the realization that Baker has effectively 'died' in numerous ways across the galaxies, leaving behind disparate versions of himself continuing his mission of aiding the oppressed. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Criminals -- Fiction Identity -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 56647 2025-06-24T07:45:36.185876 text/html 33154 2024-10-17T14:34:03 text/html 80545 2025-06-24T07:45:38.163872 application/epub+zip 79395 2025-06-24T07:45:36.592867 application/epub+zip 79395 2025-06-24T07:45:36.366905 application/epub+zip 117122 2025-06-24T07:45:39.622850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109838 2025-06-24T07:45:37.952860 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109786 2022-09-27T12:16:56.303385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50088 2023-09-26T06:22:28.080859 text/plain 30392 2024-10-17T14:34:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16664 2025-06-24T07:45:39.755848 application/rdf+xml 21747 2025-06-24T07:45:36.452889 image/jpeg 3943 2025-06-24T07:45:36.408878 image/jpeg 255726 2025-06-24T07:45:36.196871 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