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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... . ” " Eh ? New Batavia ? Well ! " I was thinking that I had never seen the Imperial capital . The one time I had been on the Moon the vicissitudes of my profession had left me without time or money for the side trip . “ Then 112.
... . ” " Eh ? New Batavia ? Well ! " I was thinking that I had never seen the Imperial capital . The one time I had been on the Moon the vicissitudes of my profession had left me without time or money for the side trip . “ Then 112.
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... Imperial Majesty's first minister . How will that affect the nests ? " " I guess I had not thought it through , " he answered slowly . " Nor would I have done so , had I not had to decide whether or not to carry the wand . But don't you ...
... Imperial Majesty's first minister . How will that affect the nests ? " " I guess I had not thought it through , " he answered slowly . " Nor would I have done so , had I not had to decide whether or not to carry the wand . But don't you ...
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... Imperial laws and restrictions are good not only for the citizens of the Empire but for the Empire itself . If we need the money , we'll find it — but not by chopping the Empire up into tiny bailiwicks . " All but the first sentence was ...
... Imperial laws and restrictions are good not only for the citizens of the Empire but for the Empire itself . If we need the money , we'll find it — but not by chopping the Empire up into tiny bailiwicks . " All but the first sentence was ...
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