Project Gutenberg 2023-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 77 Mason, David 1924 1974 Kluga, Richard Kluga, Richard Paul Pangborn's paradox $aNew York, NY :$bRoyal Publications, Inc., $c1958. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Pangborn's Paradox" by David Mason is a short science fiction tale written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around a group of academic characters engaged in witty discussions about temporal paradoxes and the theoretical implications of time travel. The narrative explores the philosophical and practical challenges posed by time travel, particularly through the lens of a grand experiment involving the protagonist's grandfather. In this story, the main character Pangborn, a member of the Physics department, proposes to use a temporal transducer to go back in time and kill his grandfather, seeking to demonstrate the paradoxes surrounding existence and causality. The scene shifts to a bar in the past where Pangborn confronts his grandfather, leading to an unexpected turn of events where the grandfather, armed and aware, shoots Pangborn instead. This twist complicates the original assumption about time travel and its consequences, leaving the observers—and readers—intrigued by the implications of the experiment. The narrative culminates in a humorous yet thought-provoking reflection on existence, identity, and the nature of time itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230916053152mason 1958 US Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Time travel -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 35409 2025-06-28T11:27:37.227419 text/html 10985 2023-10-20T08:34:16 text/html 263814 2025-06-28T11:27:40.332389 application/epub+zip 262573 2025-06-28T11:27:38.670391 application/epub+zip 190109 2025-06-28T11:27:37.754401 application/epub+zip 945729 2025-06-28T11:27:41.505364 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 939208 2025-06-28T11:27:39.782436 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28765 2025-06-28T11:27:37.124392 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 8968 2023-10-20T08:34:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16237 2025-06-28T11:27:41.630377 application/rdf+xml 25916 2025-06-28T11:27:38.180395 image/jpeg 4368 2025-06-28T11:27:37.965389 image/jpeg 2078191 2025-06-28T11:27:37.250424 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