The Ambassador

The Ambassador

The AmbassadorZalen Lindsay stood on the rostrum in the huge new United Worlds auditorium on the shore...
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Author: Merwin, Sam,1910-1996
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The Ambassador

The Ambassador

$19.99 $9.99

The Ambassador

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Merwin, Sam,1910-1996
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Ambassador

Zalen Lindsay stood on the rostrum in the huge new United Worlds auditorium on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain and looked out at an ocean of eye-glasses. Individually they ranged in hue from the rose-tinted spectacles of the Americans to the dark brown of the Soviet bloc. Their shapes and adornments were legion: round, harlequin, diamond, rhomboid, octagonal, square, oval; rimless, gem-studded, horn-rimmed, floral-rimmed, rimmed in the cases of some of the lady representatives with immense artificial eyelashes. The total effect, to Lindsay, was of looking at an immense page of printed matter composed entirely of punctuation marks. Unspectacled, he felt like a man from Mars. He was a man from Marsfirst Martian Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Second United Worlds Congress. He glanced down at the teleprompter in front of himpurely to add effect to a pause, for he had memorized his speech and was delivering it without notes. On it was printed: HEY, BOSSDON'T FORGET YOU GOT A DINNER DATE WITH THE SEC-GEN TONIGHT. Lindsay suppressed a smile and said, "In conclusion, I am qualified by the governors of Mars to promise that if we receive another shipment of British hunting boots we shall destroy them immediately upon unloadingand refuse categorically to ship further beryllium to Earth. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32587
Author: Merwin, Sam
Release Date: May 29, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Freas, Kelly, 1922-2005

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