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popsdenver

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37. That's the one

Fri Jul 25, 2025, 02:49 PM

Jul 25

I possibly read it pre 1960, before the movie???????

It was like a twilight zone or catch 22 type of thing. The guy goes back in time, and is warned not to step off the time machine's "path".
He gets back to current time, and the President? that has been elected is the biggest criminal ever. He examines his shoes from the trip back in time, and realizes that he must have stepped off the designated path, and embedded in some mud was a tiny insect.
Showing how something as innocuous as the death of an insect could massively change the outcome in the future.....
That's the best I can remember, from 70 years ago.......

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Which is absolutely what he is! tonekat Jul 25 #14

Gotta luv these guys! PortTack Jul 25 #16

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The People Versus Larry Flynt GardenGnome Jul 25 #20

Bingo popsdenver Jul 25 #24

Synchronicity GardenGnome Jul 25 #29

I remember as a young kid popsdenver Jul 25 #30

I don't know that one GardenGnome Jul 25 #35

That's the one popsdenver Jul 25 #37

No, that's not the same one GardenGnome Jul 25 #40

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Great synopsis Anc popsdenver Jul 25 #28

Thanks for the history. ancianita Jul 25 #32

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