02286cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500150014426400510015930000470021033600260025733700260028333800360030949000610034550000310040650801140043752011520055153400450170365300200174865300180176870000290178683000610181585600430187699900170191930035UtSlPG20260610133702.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aReynolds, Mack,d1917-198310aOff Course 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from If Worlds of Science Fiction January 1954.  aRelease date is 2009-09-19  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"Off Course" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around the unexpected arrival of an alien named Dameri Tass, who lands on Earth in a peculiar spacecraft. Set against a backdrop of governmental intrigue and public anticipation, the narrative explores themes of communication and misunderstanding between vastly different cultures.  In the plot, Patrolmen Larry Dermott and Tim Casey initially believe they are encountering a new military aircraft, only to find it inhabited by the colorful and perplexed Dameri Tass. As the alien learns to communicate through a device that allows him to understand human speech, chaos unfolds, leading to a highly anticipated presentation at the United Nations. However, the grand event culminates in confusion as Dameri Tass reveals that he is not an envoy of peace but a collector from another planet. With comical misunderstandings and witty dialogue, the story critiques the human tendency to project expectations onto the unknown, ultimately reflecting on the absurdities of both alien and human cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories1 aFreas, Kelly,d1922-2005 0aProduced from If Worlds of Science Fiction January 1954.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30035  c70883d70883