Project Gutenberg 2023-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 68 McGavin, Beta Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon Dear Nan Glanders $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) 20231017123140mcgavin 1962 US en Science fiction Short stories Advice columns -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 31090 2024-09-29T14:54:14.845261 text/html 6757 2023-11-21T12:59:34 text/html 483596 2024-09-29T14:54:18.480240 application/epub+zip 482441 2024-09-29T14:54:16.525258 application/epub+zip 394034 2024-09-29T14:54:15.485263 application/epub+zip 1527500 2024-09-29T14:54:19.790265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1521052 2024-09-29T14:54:17.823257 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 24820 2024-09-29T14:54:14.722244 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 5025 2023-11-21T12:59:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15002 2024-09-29T14:54:19.953247 application/rdf+xml 25647 2024-09-29T14:54:15.936232 image/jpeg 4200 2024-09-29T14:54:15.708248 image/jpeg 2619304 2024-09-29T14:54:14.873257 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