Project Gutenberg 2009-12-31 Public domain in the USA. 237 Garrett, Randall 1927 1987 Garrett, Gordon Randall Garret, Randall Barretton, Grandall Mitchell, Clyde Burke, Ralph Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon A World by the Tale Produced from Analog Science Fact & Fiction October 1963. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 75.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 77609 2025-06-12T15:30:05.406791 text/html 74349 2012-11-24T09:14:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185063 2012-11-24T09:16:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266223 2025-06-12T15:30:10.142803 application/epub+zip 265003 2025-06-12T15:30:07.395779 application/epub+zip 94841 2025-06-12T15:30:06.086769 application/epub+zip 351191 2025-06-12T15:30:12.183240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 344024 2025-06-12T15:30:09.399797 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150275 2022-09-14T08:36:06.879881 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70264 2025-06-12T15:30:05.070753 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70121 2009-12-31T07:03:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 26984 2009-12-31T07:03:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 70112 2009-12-31T07:03:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26969 2009-12-31T07:03:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21778 2025-06-12T15:30:12.338226 application/rdf+xml 11766 2025-06-12T15:30:06.726749 image/jpeg 3040 2025-06-12T15:30:06.400763 image/jpeg 254724 2025-06-12T15:30:05.427783 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 More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar