Project Gutenberg 2021-05-15 Public domain in the USA. 148 Garrett, Randall 1927 1987 Garrett, Gordon Randall Garret, Randall Barretton, Grandall Mitchell, Clyde Burke, Ralph Silverberg, Robert 1935 Knox, Calvin M. Martin, Webber Mitchell, Clyde Jarvis, E. K. Burke, Ralph The Ambassador's Pet Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy October 1957 By Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg writing under the name Alexander Blade. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "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.) Reading ease score: 85.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction Pets -- Fiction Ambassadors -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 38154 2025-07-26T05:00:57.505879 text/html 14111 2024-10-18T13:46:27 text/html 380967 2025-07-26T05:00:59.647908 application/epub+zip 379795 2025-07-26T05:00:58.260894 application/epub+zip 60621 2025-07-26T05:00:57.789858 application/epub+zip 413643 2025-07-26T05:01:00.847869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406515 2025-07-26T05:00:59.362901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87512 2022-09-29T12:03:14.106530 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 31781 2025-07-26T05:00:57.290883 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11962 2024-10-18T13:46:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18632 2025-07-26T05:01:01.016850 application/rdf+xml 30075 2025-07-26T05:00:58.011865 image/jpeg 5098 2025-07-26T05:00:57.891852 image/jpeg 1600579 2025-07-26T05:00:57.526907 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 en.wikipedia