# Sci Fi story identification

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 1, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353 "2019-07-01T17:28:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353/1 "2019-07-01T17:28:28Z")

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A door leads to a video rental place in an alternative universe. The guy who discovers it has problems taking advantage because the vcr technology is incompatible with ours, and Only nickels are identical in both universes. A novel maybe? Fairly recent.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353/2 "2019-07-01T18:08:41Z")

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[_Impossible Dreams_](https://www.wired.com/2012/07/impossible-dreams/) by Tim Pratt.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sci-fi-story-identification/836353/3 "2019-07-01T19:24:23Z")

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Thanks!