Project Gutenberg 2009-09-19 Public domain in the USA. 133 Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly Off Course Produced from If Worlds of Science Fiction January 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Off Course" by Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around the unexpected arrival of an alien named Dameri Tass, who lands on Earth in a peculiar spacecraft. Set against a backdrop of governmental intrigue and public anticipation, the narrative explores themes of communication and misunderstanding between vastly different cultures. In the plot, Patrolmen Larry Dermott and Tim Casey initially believe they are encountering a new military aircraft, only to find it inhabited by the colorful and perplexed Dameri Tass. As the alien learns to communicate through a device that allows him to understand human speech, chaos unfolds, leading to a highly anticipated presentation at the United Nations. However, the grand event culminates in confusion as Dameri Tass reveals that he is not an envoy of peace but a collector from another planet. With comical misunderstandings and witty dialogue, the story critiques the human tendency to project expectations onto the unknown, ultimately reflecting on the absurdities of both alien and human cultures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 43573 2025-07-12T10:12:56.715116 text/html 19597 2024-10-24T20:21:52 text/html 329805 2025-07-12T10:13:00.493098 application/epub+zip 328151 2025-07-12T10:12:58.335100 application/epub+zip 84275 2025-07-12T10:12:57.242105 application/epub+zip 438159 2025-07-12T10:13:02.094091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430123 2025-07-12T10:12:59.800128 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105638 2022-09-14T04:10:01.932782 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36595 2025-07-12T10:12:56.463124 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16885 2024-10-24T20:21:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36675 2021-01-05T16:40:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21081 2025-07-12T10:13:02.222071 application/rdf+xml 9944 2025-07-12T10:12:57.726112 image/jpeg 2842 2025-07-12T10:12:57.483114 image/jpeg 260929 2021-01-05T16:40:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 14337 2021-01-05T16:40:08 application/octet-stream application/zip 328140 2025-07-12T10:12:56.729092 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia