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ronbarak
09-01-2012, 11:04 AM
Many years ago I read a story in Playboy magazine that I would like to re-read.
I tried to find its name via Google searches, without success.
Can anyone suggest how to go about locating the story (name)?

The details of the story are:
A grown up is transposed by some scientist invention into his body as a young boy in the 1950s (concurrently, himself as a young boy is transposed to his older body). Trapped in a young boy's body, he has to cope with a tyrant and abusive father, and with having to go to school. He uses his knowledge of past sporting events' outcomes to gather a small fortune, which he invests in stocks he knows will gain in value when he's a grown-up, and put them in a safe (to be retrieved by his future self). He also invests in a young truck driver from Memphis' singing career. The main story line is his love affair with his primary school teacher, and the story climax is his first sex encounter with her, where he has to solve the problem of satisfying her with his boy's size limbs.

E.A Rumfield
09-01-2012, 12:56 PM
That sounds awesome you could try looking through the Playboy archives. If there is such a thing.

ronbarak
09-01-2012, 02:10 PM
That sounds awesome you could try looking through the Playboy archives. If there is such a thing.Alas, I have been unable to locate such an archive.

E.A Rumfield
09-01-2012, 02:20 PM
I' going to take a guess here and say you are never going to find the story you are looking for. Post the same question on yahoo answers, you'll get more responses there at least.

ronbarak
09-01-2012, 02:44 PM
Thanks for the idea.

stlukesguild
09-01-2012, 08:28 PM
If you find the name of the author, you might find the story here:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t0/t578.jpg

This anthology has some marvelous tales... and I vaguely remember a story not unlike what you describe.

ronbarak
09-02-2012, 03:32 AM
If you find the name of the author, you might find the story here:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t0/t578.jpg

This anthology has some marvelous tales... and I vaguely remember a story not unlike what you describe.Unfortunately no: I have this book and the story is not included therein.

Calidore
09-02-2012, 12:25 PM
Have you tried e-mailing Playboy? Send them what you know--plot, relative time you saw it, and the fact that it's not in the anthology--and maybe someone there will be able to help.

ronbarak
09-02-2012, 01:21 PM
Have you tried e-mailing Playboy? Send them what you know--plot, relative time you saw it, and the fact that it's not in the anthology--and maybe someone there will be able to help.Thanks for the suggestion: I sent the request to Playboy's editor (no reply yet).http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/waiting.gif

PeterL
09-02-2012, 03:53 PM
I believe that I read that sometime.

You might email Playboy and see if someone there can help. They probably do have detailed records, even if those are not online.

ronbarak
09-02-2012, 03:57 PM
I believe that I read that sometime.

You might email Playboy and see if someone there can help. They probably do have detailed records, even if those are not online.Thanks, see http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1166205&postcount=9