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100 1 _aMcGavin, Beta
245 1 0 _aDear Nan Glanders
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories August 1962.
500 _aRelease date is 2023-11-21
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Dear Nan Glanders" by Beta McGavin is a collection of humorous advice columns written in the early 1960s. The book presents a whimsical take on intergalactic life, addressing the everyday concerns and unique quirks faced by individuals in a futuristic setting where alien species coexist with humans. The likely topic revolves around the hilarities of societal norms and etiquette in an imaginative universe filled with strange beings and their peculiar customs. The content of the book comprises a series of letters from various characters seeking advice from Nan Glanders, a fictional advice columnist. Each letter presents outlandish scenarios, such as a mother's dilemma over her son wanting to marry a Centurian female, a hostess anxious about dining etiquette with a Sirian ambassador and his wives, and even a man getting into a predicament due to becoming triplicated after a teleportation mishap. Nan's entertaining and often sarcastic responses offer comedic relief while subtly highlighting the eccentricities of both human and alien experiences. Through these anecdotes, McGavin captures the absurdity of communication and cultural misunderstandings in a universe where the ordinary collides with the extraordinary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aAdvice columns -- Fiction
700 1 _aSummers, Leo,
_d1925-1985
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories August 1962.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72187
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