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.

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