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100 1 _aGarrett, Randall,
_d1927-1987
245 1 2 _aA World by the Tale
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aProduced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1963.
500 _aRelease date is 2009-12-31
508 _aProduced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"A World by the Tale" by Randall Garrett is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around Professor John Hamish McLeod, a zoologist who becomes the first Earthman to leave the Solar System and embarks on an interstellar journey to a distant planet named Gelakin. Upon his return, McLeod is approached by the Union Bureau of Investigation (U.B.I.) regarding his experiences and a book he wrote about them, which unintentionally becomes a source of embarrassment for Earth and its inhabitants. In the narrative, McLeod navigates the complexities of Earth’s relationship with Galactic civilizations, particularly through the unfortunate reception of his book "Interstellar Ark," which is met with ridicule by Galactic readers. As he faces fallout from his perceived failures, McLeod grapples with the implications of trading with a technologically superior civilization, their views on authorship and wealth, and the need for Earth to secure interstellar credits. As he works to salvage his reputation and determine his responsibilities to his planet and its inhabitants, McLeod finds himself in a position of unexpected leverage that may shape Earth's future in the galaxy. Ultimately, the book explores themes of cultural misunderstanding, economic disparity, and the quest for identity in a rapidly changing universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
700 1 _aSummers, Leo,
_d1925-1985
830 0 _aProduced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1963.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30816
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