as it turned out, someone was already inside. Note: “So he must be the Friday me.” And “. From the Thursday (awakening for the first time) self ⋙ to argue over the spacesuit with his Friday (awakening for the first time) self and the Friday (later, but still lumpless self, who is initially in the suit) self (unnumbered).a man was standing there, pulling a toolbag out from under the bed.”

Note: “From inside came the sounds of someone gargling.” And “. From the Wednesday (filthy from the engine room) self ⋙ to argue with his Friday (in the bathroom with a lump on his head) self (unnumbered) and with his Thursday (pulling the toolbag from under the bed) self (unnumbered)-all at once!.

Note: “And so we quarreled, in opposite roles.

From the Wednesday (eager) self ⋙ to wake up his Tuesday (lying unconscious among broken china) self (Ijon #5).

near my face were the shoes of a man standing over me.”

From the Tuesday (lying unconscious among broken china) self ⋙ to be woken up by his Wednesday (eager) self (Ijon #6).

Note: Incorrectly described as “I saw my Monday self staring at me dumbfounded, lashed to the armchair.”

From the Tuesday (cooking an omelet) self ⋙ to see his Tuesday (lashed to a chair) earlier self (Ijon #2).

Note: “I ran over and shook the sleeper by the shoulder.”

From the Tuesday (enlightened) self ⋙ to try to wake his Monday (sleeping) earlier self (Ijon #1).

Note: “I noticed a sort of pale lilac haze forming on the opposite side of the cabin, and in the middle of it, between the sink and the stove, a misty human shape, which had on an apron and was pouring omelet batter into a frying pan.”

From the Tuesday (lashed to a chair) self ⋙ to see his Tuesday (cooking an omelet) later self (Ijon #4).

Note: “I opened my eyes and saw a man standing over the bed. From Monday, April 2, as the Monday (sleeping) Ijon Tichy (a.k.a., the earliest “me”) ⋙ to interact sleepily with his Tuesday (enlightened) later self (Ijon #3).Time Rifts: “I rushed over to the map, to find some nice vortex into which I could send the rocket, so as to bring about still another warp of time and in that way obtain a helping hand.”.Circa AD 2200 to 2299: presumed, based on information in Ijon Tichy’s twentieth voyage.Translations to English TAGS (SPOILERS!) Time Periods

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