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100 1 _aMason, David,
_d1924-1974
245 1 0 _aGarrity's Annuities
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2016
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 Galaxy Science Fiction April 1956
500 _aRelease date is 2016-01-20
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Garrity's Annuities" by David Mason is a science fiction story crafted in the mid-20th century. It revolves around the unconventional life choices of a young space engineer named Garrity, who devises a plan to marry multiple women across different planets to maximize his happiness while minimizing expenses. The narrative explores themes of love, relationships, and the complications that arise from Garrity's scheme, set against a futuristic backdrop of interplanetary travel and diverse cultures. The story follows Garrity and his cynical views on relationships as he prepares to marry several women in various ports, believing this strategy will provide him with the stability and emotional fulfillment he seeks. The plot thickens as Garrity marries the same woman—Katha—several times across different planet stops, though he remains oblivious to the fact that all his wives are, in fact, the same person with slight variations. The humor and irony of Garrity’s situation unfold through the eyes of a friend who witnesses the unfolding drama. This friend grapples with the surreal nature of Garrity's life, ultimately reflecting on the themes of perception and the complexity of love in an ever-expanding universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace travelers -- Fiction
653 _aSpouses -- Fiction
700 1 _aRay
830 0 _aProduced from Galaxy Science Fiction April 1956
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50981
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