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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... go to Mars - and I'll see that you get back . The Can Do— that's this bucket - is about to rendezvous with the Go For Broke , which is a high - gee torchship . About seventeen seconds and a gnat's wink after we make contact the Go For Broke ...
... go to Mars - and I'll see that you get back . The Can Do— that's this bucket - is about to rendezvous with the Go For Broke , which is a high - gee torchship . About seventeen seconds and a gnat's wink after we make contact the Go For Broke ...
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... Go For Broke ; it is the Chief's private yacht and traveling office , the Tom Paine . The Go For Broke is riding a parking orbit around Mars , with its transponder giving out the recognition signal of this ship - a fact known only to ...
... Go For Broke ; it is the Chief's private yacht and traveling office , the Tom Paine . The Go For Broke is riding a parking orbit around Mars , with its transponder giving out the recognition signal of this ship - a fact known only to ...
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... Go For Broke . Dak brought Roger Clifton and Bill Corpsman to my cabin as soon as the Go For Broke had transferred them . I knew them from pictures . I stood up and said , " Hello , Rog . Glad to see you , Bill . " My voice was warm but ...
... Go For Broke . Dak brought Roger Clifton and Bill Corpsman to my cabin as soon as the Go For Broke had transferred them . I knew them from pictures . I stood up and said , " Hello , Rog . Glad to see you , Bill . " My voice was warm but ...
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