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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... 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 his pseudo limb . Then the Martian flowed inside , the ...
... 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 his pseudo limb . Then the Martian flowed inside , the ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Martian customs . Now turn it around and look at it the other way . When I walk down that aisle carrying this wand , I am a Martian citizen about to be named His Imperial Majesty's first minister . How will that affect the nests ? " " I ...
... Martian customs . Now turn it around and look at it the other way . When I walk down that aisle carrying this wand , I am a Martian citizen about to be named His Imperial Majesty's first minister . How will that affect the nests ? " " I ...
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