The Man with a Thousand Names

The Man with a Thousand Names is a short science fiction novel by Canadian-American writer A. E. van Vogt.

The main character is Steven Masters, a spoiled 23-year-old who happens to be the only son of the world's richest man.

At a party he (while drunk) states that he wishes to go on a proposed space flight to a distant life bearing planet called Mittend.

The natives turn out to be naked and primitive but have a powerful group mind named "Mother".

The natives, upon seeing Steven, chase after him and when they catch him and touch him, his mind gets traded into the body of a 38-year-old bar waiter back on earth.