Double StarWhen the most important statesman of the 21st century disappears on Mars, the only hope of preventing interplanetary war lies in an actor's ability to impersonate the missing leader well enough to fool two worlds. |
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Framed in the doorway , looking like a nightmare toadstool , was a Martian . For
an agony - stretched second I could see nothing but the Martian . I did not see the
human standing behind him , nor did I notice the life wand the Martian cradled in
...
Framed in the doorway , looking like a nightmare toadstool , was a Martian . For
an agony - stretched second I could see nothing but the Martian . I did not see the
human standing behind him , nor did I notice the life wand the Martian cradled in
...
Page 66
The Martian language gave me my greatest worry . Like most actors , I had
picked up enough Martian , Venerian , Outer Jovian , etc . , to be able to fake in
front of a camera or on stage . But those rolled or fluttered consonants are very
difficult .
The Martian language gave me my greatest worry . Like most actors , I had
picked up enough Martian , Venerian , Outer Jovian , etc . , to be able to fake in
front of a camera or on stage . But those rolled or fluttered consonants are very
difficult .
Page 67
Basic Martian , the trade language , is positional and involves only simple
concrete ideas - like the greeting : “ I see you . ” High Martian is polysynthetic and
very stylized , with an expression for every nuance of their complex system of
rewards ...
Basic Martian , the trade language , is positional and involves only simple
concrete ideas - like the greeting : “ I see you . ” High Martian is polysynthetic and
very stylized , with an expression for every nuance of their complex system of
rewards ...
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| Title | Double Star Doubleday science fiction The Gregg Press science fiction series |
| Author | Robert Anson Heinlein |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg Press, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0839824467, 9780839824466 |
| Length | 186 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General |
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