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I didn't understand this bit.

On the way out of my professor’s office, a young man (handsome, introspective and yet obviously ambitious) steals my book report. It doesn’t really matter since I’ve already received my grade. But it was still a painful reminder of how tough you have to be in this world.

Can someone explain?

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It's his past/future self stealing his book report.

Ah, cool, thanks. I didn't notice that the date was the same as the date of "I steal the book report."

He stole the bookreport from his future self; his bookreport was stolen by his past self.

So...who wrote the book report?

It's turtles all the way down.

That's why he only got a C-

This is one of my favorite plot devices in science fiction.

See Asimov's drastically underrated The End of Eternity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Eternity

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/101698/Asimov%2C%20Isaac%20-%20Th...

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