The Egg

by Andy Weir

Release: 15 August 2009
Format: Flash Fiction
Genre: Science Fiction
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

After a man dies, he meets God, upon which he doesn’t find out the meaning of life, but he does discover something about time and the meaning of the universe.

Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?

English

DEBUT

“The Egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added 15 August 2009) [ongoing e-collection].

VARIANTS

4 English variants

TRANSLATIONS

Arabic translation:
[ex=bare]“البيضة” | The egg | Albayda[/ex], in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa December 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Bulgarian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Chinese translation:
[ex=bare]“蛋” | Egg | Dan[/ex], in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Croatian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Sandi Rahmani
Czech translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
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Danish translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Cornelia Kramer
Dutch translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Dutch translation: Alternative title for the Dutch translation as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56342242-het-ei]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“Het ei” | The egg[/ex].
Esperanto translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Manuel Giorgini
Estonian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa January 2012) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by unknown persons as by Anonymous Estonian
Finnish translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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French translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Alexandrine Latendresse
French translation: Alternative title for the French translation as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56342242-het-ei]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“L'Œuf” | The egg[/ex].
German translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Stefan Zisting
Hebrew translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Or Ben-Chail
Hungarian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Italian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Japanese translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Korean translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
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Lithuanian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa December 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Macedonian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Modern Greek translation: Alternative title for the Greek translation as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35119490]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“Το αυγό” | The egg | To avgo[/ex].
Modern Greek translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
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Norwegian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Norwegian Nynorsk translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
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Persian translation:
[ex=bare]“تخم” | Egg | Tekhem[/ex], in Fediverse Blog, 11 February 2018 [blog].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir as by اندي وییر
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by مصطفی یاوری آیین
Polish translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa January 2012) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Portuguese translation:
“The Egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Portuguese translation:
“The Egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Carlos Buosi
Romanian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa January 2012) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Romanian translation: Alternative title for the Romanian translation as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35119490]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“Oul” | Egg[/ex].
Russian translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Мария Солодилова as by Mariya Solodilova
Spanish translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Spanish translation: Alternative title for the Spanish translation as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55582936-el-huevo]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“El huevo” | The egg[/ex].
Spanish translation: Alternative title for the Russian translation, as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18133575]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“Яйцо” | Egg | Yaytso[/ex].
Swedish translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Turkish translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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Turkish translation: Alternative title for the Turkish translation as cited at [urlx=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33283513-yumurta]Goodreads[/urlx]. [ex=bare]“Yumurta” | Egg[/ex].
Vietnamese translation:
“The egg,” in Creative Writings of Andy Weir (Galactanet, added circa November 2011) [ongoing e-collection].
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Weir
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39 translations

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Middle Ages (AD 476 to 1454): AD 540
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period

Timeline Models

Outside of Time: Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe.

Themes

Death Travel

Fictional Tags

Deities: not the Abrahamic god

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From an unspecified place and time after a car accident at an unknown time ⋙ to a place outside of time at an unknown time.
From an unknown time ⋙ to China, AD 540.

INDEXER NOTES (SPOILERS!)

Dates—All the of the <a href='http%3A%2F%2Fwww.galactanet.com%2Fwriting.html'>galactanet</a> e-collection variants are dated as per <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20110801000000%2A%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.galactanet.com%2Foneoff%2Ftheegg_mod.html'>archive.org</a>. The English Kindle and Audible variants are dated from the <a href='http%3A%2F%2Fwww.isfdb.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Ftitle.cgi%3F2283034'>ISFDB</a>. The titles of non-English Kindle editions are from <a href='https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goodreads.com%2Fwork%2Feditions%2F24496290-the-egg'>Goodreads</a>, but they are all given the same date as the original English release, and we believe this is most likely wrong for an actual release date.

ITTDB Work #961: by Andy Weir
Indexer: Michael Main
Curator: Michael Main
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