Uphill Climb

"Uphill Climb" is a 1987 short story written by Canadian science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer. It is the first print appearance of the Quintaglios, a species of sentient dwarf tyrannosaurs, which would later star in his critically acclaimed Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy. It was later reprinted in Iterations, an anthology of short stories written by Robert J. Sawyer.