Project Gutenberg 2016-01-20 Public domain in the USA. 170 Mason, David 1924 1974 Ray Garrity's Annuities Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction April 1956 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.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space travelers -- Fiction Spouses -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Novels 41704 2025-07-20T11:56:18.595099 text/html 17725 2024-10-22T23:45:37 text/html 195665 2025-07-20T11:56:20.186147 application/epub+zip 194504 2025-07-20T11:56:18.938129 application/epub+zip 73277 2025-07-20T11:56:18.749097 application/epub+zip 227987 2025-07-20T11:56:21.275094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220645 2025-07-20T11:56:20.000106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99679 2022-09-23T07:47:19.178188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34998 2025-07-20T11:56:18.496154 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15246 2024-10-22T23:45:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18162 2025-07-20T11:56:21.397079 application/rdf+xml 25761 2025-07-20T11:56:18.816097 image/jpeg 4443 2025-07-20T11:56:18.781111 image/jpeg 175706 2025-07-20T11:56:18.604127 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