Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Ambassador
    The Ambassador
    The Ambassador
    Ebook76 pages1 hour

    The Ambassador

    By Sam Merwin

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    All Earth needed was a good stiff dose of common sense, but its rulers preferred to depend on the highly fallible computers instead. As a consequence, interplanetary diplomatic relations were somewhat strained—until a nimble-witted young man from Mars came up with the answer to the "sixty-four dollar" question.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPerennial Press
    Release dateMar 28, 2016
    ISBN9781531260262
    The Ambassador
    Author

    Sam Merwin

    Samuel Kimball Merwin Jr. (April 28, 1910 - January 13, 1996) was an American mystery fiction writer, editor and science fiction author. His pseudonyms included Elizabeth Deare Bennett, Matt Lee, Jacques Jean Ferrat and Carter Sprague.

    Read more from Sam Merwin

    Related to The Ambassador

    Related ebooks

    Science Fiction For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Nomadland

      Dec 30, 2020

      Nomadland
      8 min read

    • Article

      Da Vinci, Decoded: Inside The New Series Exploring Leonardo’s Sexuality And Artistry

      Apr 13, 2021

      Leonardo da Vinci remains one of history’s most fascinating figures: the quintessential renaissance man. He was an expert in fields including engineering, anatomy, astronomy, botany, and was, of course, a transcendent artist with an equally transcend

      5 min read

    • Article

      The Trouble Gene

      Jul 1, 2020

      One clear thing about trouble—it can set you back to zero, a personal cone of silence. And reading, writing, listening allow entry into that troubled solitude; you disappear into it regardless t of the time or place you really are in, be it bed, kitc

      12 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Sep 1, 2021

      If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied. —Rudyard Kipling, “Epitaphs of the War,” The Years Between, 1919 She consulted me, a glance, and said: “I think not anything off the wagon. It arrives too quickly. Let’s have somethi

      4 min read

    • Article

      An Ode to Small Talk

      Sep 13, 2020

      An Ode to Small Talk
      1 min read

    • Article

      Commonplace Book

      Jun 1, 2020

      After every war someone has to tidy up. — Wisława Szymborska, “The End and the Beginning,” 1993 The road, just in front of the sidewalk where I sat and played jacks, would be ankle-deep in dust, and seemed to drink up the moonlight like folds of ve

      3 min read

    • Article

      Hook, Line And Sinker

      Oct 18, 2018

      Hook, Line And Sinker
      4 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Nov 5, 2020

      Sadly, the wonderfully prescient quotation from Samuel Pepys [FT397:70], “A dram in exchange for the pox is an ill bargain indeed,” is not by the great diarist, but from a spoof Twitter account. (https://londonist.com/london/books-and-poetry/samuel-p

      13 min read

    • Article

      Churchill the Dramatist

      Nov 5, 2020

      Churchill the Dramatist
      9 min read

    • Article

      The Devil’s Dictionary

      Jul 6, 2021

      Select entries from Ambrose Bierce’s lexicon of cynicism, bitterness, and humor, produced over a 30-year period beginning in 1881. APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence. BARD, n. A person who makes rhymes. The word is one of the

      4 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Il’ja Rakos

      Dec 8, 2018

      These things come in threes and today they came nearly all at once. The first, when the President of Ukraine–famous for his chocolate–announced that he was putting the half of the country that borders Russia under martial law. The second with the two

      5 min read

    • Article

      Comedian David Cross: ‘A Lot Of People In America Would Think I’m A Terrible Father Because I Believe In Diversity’

      Sep 1, 2023

      Most people aren’t exactly delighted when their precious offspring pour scorn on their parenting, but the moment David Cross’s daughter told him he was “the worst daddy in the world”, he felt nothing but gratitude. The comedian had been struggling to

      6 min read

    • Article

      A Year in Reading: Iľja Rákoš

      Dec 12, 2021

      As long as there are authors, translators, publishers large or small committed to the deliberate word deliberately committed to the page, and so many who still need those words on pages, legal or illegal, right, left, or center, we’ll find our feet a

      8 min read

    • Article

      The Supreme Act Of Trust

      Aug 10, 2022

      The Supreme Act Of Trust
      5 min read

    • Article

      International Books

      Oct 13, 2019

      Ever heard of the US Camel Corps? Me neither. The short-lived experiment (1855-1864) saw camels introduced into the US Army because they could bear enormous weights. (Turns out they had downsides, too.) Lurie, a young outlaw, falls in with the Turks

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Allure of Messy Reddit Stories

      Mar 19, 2023

      Jerusalem Demsas’s culture and entertainment picks include Children of Time, Vampire Weekend, and chasing down stories people tell—or make up—on Reddit.

      6 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Oct 8, 2020

      Thank you for making my life more joyful month after month. I can’t tell you how important to me the Fortean Times is. Kevin Hope By email Regarding Matt Salusbury’s Forum article on sunken bells [FT396:54-55], there is more to the bells of Aberdyfi

      14 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Ambassador

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Ambassador - Sam Merwin

      _2^book_preview_excerpt.htmluXrFv#6#q,1B(D:[̎N_7S%Y `GwuVUf?_?ޘ׮^_p}oVy\očvƼ{͑:1LfbKsM^|_6#vf5Lʌ$>FIXDhCh!w:<=N+]:˝e܅x㼗=3;Wg52b(Ѕ?7yiN Dvx,J56SE';i r夘 8m|3ǞV3ژ 3أ14S- ظHG.>ÔώNf8ĥy4cYA瓆d"L25S')֝M%-K|y]ѯxTLo|Vi-rO+ɵN/W|{~fc?ۻu ,-2^sfsgܯ?l40;MH;&C} +}ucVܘPd&mJqHk&źGoKt\sr34olK*%(f= Enb8ͦC-;\HM~V:K\}m'߬ ˧ b*8MW&}ЊAcZ.RF?v}?,.٨0zYm^Yk>2<8Є=ԝ3Zqo+B&iiuG2ä́4(H$|'%<8Jsg|I[k1u|Ŕ#;Y*Y4zn Egq{Y6_Kp|Bj_& @ &o]ƱH=mh[$|[$c q0nOlXb\:rnFq:4s.4:DɀS;-{HOep.Pe"y2/f{~0?l߿<ͫYۻ{s~ؘ ~a{w !Ewe}qF~>̭z:^(X)($E8gF?_{]F  TCi|)˃%ڮH4'u@nM#m G%i즨W}Ovŝ J;as9Г0lsXN`5ȹ$E;ΌI7u*AL຤0(v]M?_REMQ{a (?6= S54S ytӲ%BqLyʄ x q(vqr, Y%Plr²Z>4uz|RW }%'ه^;̺f$/! _FR8#~N!J&b]*cChRT|HZͳ譔[Q%=g!}=,b8h>֡8€Gf\$Bb˩̡kbsT>>jcQA+j'HQRM?jjH%P xe m*Il FRWtdrJ:uݹt/V&ڽG2ROh>3EV,j. bQglxlA3qbi `-_z.ˡ.!JFW.K}ڒ j Eů|)s!D reD7E0e6U6Itq\pe#\R) )}܄{&*5 
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1