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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... Earth in quite a spell and has unimpeachable witnesses to prove it . " I thought about it sickly , both from fear and the continu- ing effects of spacesickness . " So you would tip off the police ? You dirty , slimy—— ” I broke off for ...
... Earth in quite a spell and has unimpeachable witnesses to prove it . " I thought about it sickly , both from fear and the continu- ing effects of spacesickness . " So you would tip off the police ? You dirty , slimy—— ” I broke off for ...
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... Earth to pick up a substitute for the Chief . Do you begin to scan it , old son ? " I admit that I did not . " Yes , but - see here , Captain , if Mr. Bonforte's political enemies have kidnaped him , why keep it secret ? I should expect ...
... Earth to pick up a substitute for the Chief . Do you begin to scan it , old son ? " I admit that I did not . " Yes , but - see here , Captain , if Mr. Bonforte's political enemies have kidnaped him , why keep it secret ? I should expect ...
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... Earth does , and even on Earth an election " day " is more than thirty hours long , as the globe turns . But now we began to get the important districts of the great land masses of Earth . We had forged far ahead the day before in the ...
... Earth does , and even on Earth an election " day " is more than thirty hours long , as the globe turns . But now we began to get the important districts of the great land masses of Earth . We had forged far ahead the day before in the ...
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