UPDATE: Here's what happened to Mad Man Marcum and his Time Machine (Art Bell 1995)

[Num7]

Im friend with Michael Marcum for long ,, he is alive and well, and he laughs at that story's..

Any chance you can invite him here? That would be awesome!

 

[Realmadmanmarcum]

"The stuff that dreams are made from. From the Galactic Plane. I contain multitudes & 2^276,709 lives."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a sci-fi novel, his number is equal to e(ln(2)*276709) or 2^276709.

I decided to solve this since I don't think anyone else got it after nearly 10 years.