Project Gutenberg 2016-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 61 Mason, David 1924 1974 Ray Garrity's Annuities Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) en Science fiction Short stories Space travelers -- Fiction Spouses -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 41520 41525 2024-09-21T10:18:45.588928 2023-09-22T07:33:32.381292 text/html text/html 37582 2016-01-20T10:22:02 text/html; charset=us-ascii 174455 2016-01-20T10:22:02 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 195566 2024-09-21T10:18:47.287930 application/epub+zip 194489 2024-09-21T10:18:45.958919 application/epub+zip 73260 2024-09-21T10:18:45.756936 application/epub+zip 227225 2024-09-21T10:18:48.510921 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220627 2024-09-21T10:18:47.076937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99679 2022-09-23T07:47:19.178188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 35071 34976 2024-09-21T10:18:45.479930 2023-09-22T07:33:32.229295 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 34979 2016-01-20T10:22:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13452 2016-01-20T10:22:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19203 2024-09-21T10:18:48.648945 application/rdf+xml 25761 2024-09-21T10:18:45.823923 image/jpeg 4443 2024-09-21T10:18:45.788930 image/jpeg 175643 2024-09-21T10:18:45.600957 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog