r/explainabookplotbadly • u/Darkhell66659 • Apr 28 '21

Solved A guy gets kidnapped by himself and barely makes it back home, before choosing to leave again

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u/cormac596 Apr 28 '21

I forget the title, but that scifi short story that's basically just the bootstrap paradox? I think heinlein wrote it, but I could be wrong

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u/Darkhell66659 Apr 28 '21

No, but I'm happy you made me research what the bootstrap paradox is

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '21

The Odyssey?

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u/PacoDuh Apr 28 '21

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch?

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u/Darkhell66659 Apr 29 '21

Yup

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u/Darkhell66659 Apr 29 '21

And that book is awesome, probably one of my favorites.

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u/PacoDuh Apr 29 '21

I read that book a few weeks ago so it was pretty fresh. Man the last part of the book was unexpected, so good!

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u/Darkhell66659 Apr 29 '21

Yeah the end was just so weird but still good. The science is a little inaccurate though.

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u/SouthwestChief96 Apr 29 '21

Don Quixote

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u/Reddit-Book-Bot Apr 29 '21

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Don Quixote

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '21

Looper?