Project Gutenberg 2024-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 140 Garrett, Randall 1927 1987 Garrett, Gordon Randall Garret, Randall Barretton, Grandall Mitchell, Clyde Burke, Ralph Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay The man who knew everything $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1956. Produced from Fantastic, October 1956. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Man Who Knew Everything" by Randall Garrett is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The story centers around Philip Merriwether, an ordinary man with a remarkably poor memory who unwittingly becomes the most knowledgeable person on Earth due to a bizarre incident involving a top-secret scientific experiment. The novella explores themes of intelligence, espionage, and the unforeseen consequences of technology. In the narrative, Dr. H. Wolstadt conducts an experiment on a communication beam that inadvertently transfers vast amounts of knowledge into Merriwether's mind when he faintly crosses its path. After this unusual event, Merriwether steps into a new identity, showcasing incredible intelligence and knowledge about highly classified information, which ultimately leads to an FBI investigation that labels him an espionage suspect. As authorities scramble to understand how Merriwether obtained this critical intel, the story culminates with him realizing that he can use his newfound abilities to further accrue secrets, setting the stage for a blend of comedy and intrigue in a world where mere incompetence can transform into unparalleled genius. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240319150708garrett 1956 US Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Inventions -- Fiction Cold War -- Fiction Experiments -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 56375 2025-07-29T06:43:06.674570 text/html 31611 2024-04-29T19:03:57 text/html 377919 2025-07-29T06:43:09.811531 application/epub+zip 376647 2025-07-29T06:43:07.841578 application/epub+zip 154671 2025-07-29T06:43:07.211553 application/epub+zip 716530 2025-07-29T06:43:11.203534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 708977 2025-07-29T06:43:09.344603 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48401 2025-07-29T06:43:06.460559 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28536 2024-04-29T19:03:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17612 2025-07-29T06:43:11.367525 application/rdf+xml 26908 2025-07-29T06:43:07.497559 image/jpeg 4722 2025-07-29T06:43:07.353565 image/jpeg 755498 2025-07-29T06:43:06.692566 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 More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar en.wikipedia en.wikipedia