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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... Humanity Party who called themselves the " Actionists " -and they attributed them to some highly respectable big - money boys who stood to profit heavily . Myself , I would not have known an Actionist from an auctioneer . But the minute ...
... Humanity Party who called themselves the " Actionists " -and they attributed them to some highly respectable big - money boys who stood to profit heavily . Myself , I would not have known an Actionist from an auctioneer . But the minute ...
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... Party sounded remarkably like the present Humanity Party . I was not aware that political parties often change as much in growing up as people do . I had known vaguely that the Humanity Party had started as a splinter of the Expan ...
... Party sounded remarkably like the present Humanity Party . I was not aware that political parties often change as much in growing up as people do . I had known vaguely that the Humanity Party had started as a splinter of the Expan ...
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... Humanity Party will move a resolution of sympathy and a basket of flowers , which will pass in a fine hypocritical glow . They'd rather send flowers to Bonforte's funeral . " He scowled . " It is actually as simple as that ? What would ...
... Humanity Party will move a resolution of sympathy and a basket of flowers , which will pass in a fine hypocritical glow . They'd rather send flowers to Bonforte's funeral . " He scowled . " It is actually as simple as that ? What would ...
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