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Uphill Climb [MultiFormat]
eBook by Robert J. Sawyer
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: The story that introduced the Quintaglios from Sawyer's novels Far-Seer, Fossil Hunter, and Foreigner. Obno, a reptilian alien, has been charged with overseeing the introduction of Quintaglio technology to Earth--but Livingstone Kively, the human she works with, seems to be dragging his feet unconscionably, and it's driving Obno crazy...
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Amazing Stories, 1987
Fictionwise Release Date: January 2005
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [158 KB], eReader (PDB) [18 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [4 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [5 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [68 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [74 KB], hiebook (KML) [20 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [31 KB], iSilo (PDB) [3 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [4 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [32 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [9 KB]
Words: 971
Reading time: 2-3 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
"Service!" Livingstone Kivley lobbed his last tennis ball across the sagging net. At the sidelines, in the shade of the old brownstone office building, stood young Obno. She was thin for a Quintaglio, no more than 400 kilos, a dwarf tyrannosaur with nervous, darting eyes of polished obsidian. Kivley's opponent was a blue box-like robot. The little machine swatted the ball with a nylon racquet. Kivley swung, missed, swore. Obno spoke to the robot, using the sub-language her people reserved for talking to beasts and gods. It rolled on rubber treads to the net, lifted it, slipped under, and dutifully collected the balls.
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