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100 1 _aGarrett, Randall,
_d1927-1987
245 1 4 _aThe Ambassador's Pet
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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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
700 1 _aSilverberg, Robert,
_d1935-
830 0 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy October 1957
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65343
999 _c106166
_d106166