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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 8
Page 80
... Kkkah , a fairy city . I was staring at it , my heart lifting at its fragile beauty , when Dak moved suddenly . We were well past the traffic around the godowns but there was one car ahead , coming toward us ; I had seen it without ...
... Kkkah , a fairy city . I was staring at it , my heart lifting at its fragile beauty , when Dak moved suddenly . We were well past the traffic around the godowns but there was one car ahead , coming toward us ; I had seen it without ...
Page 93
... Kkkah . But they had found Bonforte , had simply run across him in the street before they left Old Town - a poor old stumblebum with a week's beard , dirty and dazed . The men had not recognized him , but Penny had known him and made ...
... Kkkah . But they had found Bonforte , had simply run across him in the street before they left Old Town - a poor old stumblebum with a week's beard , dirty and dazed . The men had not recognized him , but Penny had known him and made ...
Page 125
... Kkkah nest . " My opponent , " Bonforte had said with a rasp in his voice , " would have you believe that the motto of the so - called Humanity Party , ' Government of human beings , by human beings , and for human beings , ' is no more ...
... Kkkah nest . " My opponent , " Bonforte had said with a rasp in his voice , " would have you believe that the motto of the so - called Humanity Party , ' Government of human beings , by human beings , and for human beings , ' is no more ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actor added answered appearance asked believe better Bill Bonforte Bonforte's Broadbent can't Capek carry certainly character Chief Clifton close Corpsman course don't door Double Star Earth election Emperor expect face fact fall feel felt force gave give glanced hand head Heinlein human It's keep knew least live looked Lorenzo Mars Martian matter mean mind minutes moved nest never once Party past Penny perhaps play political possible present reached realized remember science fiction seemed ship simply sort sound speech stand started stay stopped suppose sure talk tell Thanks thing thought told took tried trying turned voice wait walk wand worry