For a Good Time Call.... Donald Ph.D. Ladew

Аннотация:

William Fennimore is bored and depressed. He is a short man trapped in a tall world. While at a bus stop, waiting for his ride, he notices a perfectly written, copperplate script ad on the wall of the bus stop. It is surrounded by illiterate graffiti and stupid advertisements.<br><br>On a whim, he calls the number, makes an appointment and meets a beautiful girl who is taller, but then not. Miss Annie Brown, in a peculiar accent, says she works for a company called &quot;For a Good Time Call&quot;. Instead of enjoying her bed, he is transported to their offices 9 million miles beyond Pluto and discovers that they are a Galactic Employment Agency.<br><br>The agency finds people of different races who can bring new view points to problems that have resisted all attempts to solve.<br><br>While waiting for assignment, William spends time with Miss Annie Brown. They fall in love. He receives his assignment and they are sent down to a planet that has been at war for 11 years. She is sent to one of the opposing sides by &quot;accident&quot; and William to the other.<br><br>He can only think of finding her. His many adventures crossing a vast, island-filled ocean to the other continent slowly bring him to the point where his 5 and 3/4&quot; height is unimportant, and he does realize that he is having a good time. And so he should, &quot;For a Good Time Call&quot; guaranteed it contractually.<br><br>William does finally solve the problem of the war and find his Miss Annie Brown.