Lighter Than You Think
A comic science-fiction tale follows an eccentric inventor who devises a handheld device able to alter an object's weight, producing farcical demonstrations and mishaps. When the contrivance is tested in a patent office, a clerk is rendered nearly weightless and then disastrously heavy, prompting chaotic physical comedy and the admiring attention of a receptionist. The narrative moves through successive inventions, patent-room bureaucracy, and domestic ambitions, satirizing technological optimism and the pursuit of quick financial promotion.
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A comic science-fiction tale follows an eccentric inventor who devises a handheld device able to alter an object's weight, producing farcical demonstrations and mishaps. When the contrivance is tested in a patent office, a clerk is rendered nearly weightless and then disastrously heavy, prompting chaotic physical comedy and the admiring attention of a receptionist. The narrative moves through successive inventions, patent-room bureaucracy, and domestic ambitions, satirizing technological optimism and the pursuit of quick financial promotion.
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