Project Gutenberg 2021-09-13 Public domain in the USA. 84 Hunter, Evan 1926 2005 Lombino, S. A. Lombino, Salvatore Albert Lombino, S.A. Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill The Plagiarist From Rigel IV Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy March 1954 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Plagiarist From Rigel IV" by Evan Hunter is a science fiction short story written in the early 1950s. The narrative explores themes of creativity, originality, and the bizarre consequences of technological advancement through the lens of a struggling writer. The plot revolves around a typewriter that mysteriously types out stories predominantly attributed to Edgar Allan Poe, leading to a humorous yet tense exploration of authorship and inspiration. The story follows Fred, a down-and-out writer who discovers a peculiar typewriter in a pawn shop for only five dollars. This seemingly ordinary machine begins to type famous works by Poe on its own, revealing a sentient connection to the writer's plight. Fred grapples with the implications of this anomaly, as he desires to create his own original works but finds himself continuously confronted by the works of Poe. As he communicates with the typewriter, he learns that it comes from Rigel IV, a planet with an advanced civilization, and the two strike a deal to trade stories. The quirky collaboration opens up unexpected possibilities for Fred, ultimately leading to his newfound success as a writer, though he remains acutely aware of the thin line between inspiration and plagiarism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Authors -- Fiction Typewriters -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 58101 2025-06-26T08:12:03.111671 text/html 34704 2024-10-18T16:06:40 text/html 396420 2025-06-26T08:12:05.097648 application/epub+zip 395233 2025-06-26T08:12:03.606694 application/epub+zip 85680 2025-06-26T08:12:03.319649 application/epub+zip 435039 2025-06-26T08:12:06.318646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427165 2025-06-26T08:12:04.875644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117752 2022-09-29T19:45:27.744361 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50302 2025-06-26T08:12:02.965662 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30448 2024-10-18T16:06:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18083 2025-06-26T08:12:06.438647 application/rdf+xml 26153 2025-06-26T08:12:03.452651 image/jpeg 4728 2025-06-26T08:12:03.385654 image/jpeg 946567 2025-06-26T08:12:03.130712 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