Double StarThe story revolves around Lawrence Smith, also known as "Lorenzo the Great", a down-and-out actor wasting the remainder of his life in bars. When he encounters a space-pilot who offers him a drink, before he knows what is going on, he is on Mars involved in a deep conspiracy with global consequences. He is given a mission where failure would not only mean his own death, it would almost certainly mean an all-out planetary war. |
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Page 58
... Capek , Mr. Bonforte's personal ther- apist . I know who you are . Now what's this we hear about you and Martians ? " I tried to explain it clearly and unemotionally . Dr. Capek nodded . " Captain Broadbent should have told me . I would ...
... Capek , Mr. Bonforte's personal ther- apist . I know who you are . Now what's this we hear about you and Martians ? " I tried to explain it clearly and unemotionally . Dr. Capek nodded . " Captain Broadbent should have told me . I would ...
Page 63
... Capek assured me and I believe him - that he did not implant a hypnotic suggestion on this point ; I had not asked for it and I am quite certain that Capek was meticulous about the ethical responsibilities of a physician and ...
... Capek assured me and I believe him - that he did not implant a hypnotic suggestion on this point ; I had not asked for it and I am quite certain that Capek was meticulous about the ethical responsibilities of a physician and ...
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... Capek will have him wrung out and ready to speak his piece by then . Won't he ? " " Well - we hope so . " " But you aren't sure ? " " We can't be sure . Capek says that there is little clinical data on such massive doses . It depends on ...
... Capek will have him wrung out and ready to speak his piece by then . Won't he ? " " Well - we hope so . " " But you aren't sure ? " " We can't be sure . Capek says that there is little clinical data on such massive doses . It depends on ...
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