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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... Dubois snorted . " How much money ? " Broadbent frowned at him . " I think I understand your objection . " " To the artist , sir , kudos comes first . Money is merely the mundane means whereby he is enabled to create his art . ” " Hmm ...
... Dubois snorted . " How much money ? " Broadbent frowned at him . " I think I understand your objection . " " To the artist , sir , kudos comes first . Money is merely the mundane means whereby he is enabled to create his art . ” " Hmm ...
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... Dubois used as a dust rag . I had no thought of interfering . Every man is entitled to elect the time and manner of his own destruction . I could see tension grow . Then suddenly Broadbent laughed and clapped Dubois on the shoulder ...
... Dubois used as a dust rag . I had no thought of interfering . Every man is entitled to elect the time and manner of his own destruction . I could see tension grow . Then suddenly Broadbent laughed and clapped Dubois on the shoulder ...
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... Dubois : " All right , then get Doc Scortia over here , hyp- notize him , and shoot him the happy juice . But don't tell him the score - not until he's conditioned , not while we are still on dirt . " Broadbent : " Uh , Scortia himself ...
... Dubois : " All right , then get Doc Scortia over here , hyp- notize him , and shoot him the happy juice . But don't tell him the score - not until he's conditioned , not while we are still on dirt . " Broadbent : " Uh , Scortia himself ...
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