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_aGarrett, Randall, _d1927-1987 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Ambassador's Pet |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2021 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy October 1957 | |
| 500 | _aBy Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg writing under the name Alexander Blade. | ||
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2021-05-15 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Ambassador's Pet" by Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg is a science fiction novella written in the late 1950s. The story centers around the delicate diplomatic relationship between Earth and the alien planet Aldebaran VII, focusing on the intriguing concept of an alien ambassador who brings a pet to Earth for negotiations. This book explores themes of interspecies communication and the complexities of diplomacy. The narrative follows Captain Johnny Martin of the spaceship 13-XV-1, who is tasked with picking up the Aldebaranian ambassador, Quelf Tharkol, and his peculiar pet, which initially appears to be a cat. However, as the story unfolds, Captain Martin grows suspicious of the pet's behavior, leading to an unexpected twist where the ambassador reveals that he himself had been the one exploring the ship, casting a new light on the dynamics of their interaction. This clever interplay of roles between the captain and the ambassador highlights the complexities of their cultures and serves as a commentary on perception and intelligence in the realms of diplomacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aSpace ships -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aInterstellar travel -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aPets -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aAmbassadors -- Fiction | ||
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_aSilverberg, Robert, _d1935- |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy October 1957 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65343 |
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