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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... Smythe , how's your Martian ? Can you spiel it ? " I answered with a single squeaking polysyllabic in High Martian , a sentence meaning roughly , " Proper conduct de- mands that one of us leave ! " - but it means far more than that , as ...
... Smythe , how's your Martian ? Can you spiel it ? " I answered with a single squeaking polysyllabic in High Martian , a sentence meaning roughly , " Proper conduct de- mands that one of us leave ! " - but it means far more than that , as ...
Page 108
... Smythe , you're not hired to write speeches . You're hired to-- " " Hold it , Bill ! " Dak cut in . " And a little less of that ' Smythe ' stuff , too . Well , Rog ? How about it ? " Clifton said , “ As I understand it , Chief , your ...
... Smythe , you're not hired to write speeches . You're hired to-- " " Hold it , Bill ! " Dak cut in . " And a little less of that ' Smythe ' stuff , too . Well , Rog ? How about it ? " Clifton said , “ As I understand it , Chief , your ...
Page 167
... Smythe ! " Bill shouted . I kept right on getting to my feet , did not look toward him . " I mean you , Mr. Phony Bonforte - Smythe ! " he went on angrily , raising his voice still more . This time I did look at him , with astonishment ...
... Smythe ! " Bill shouted . I kept right on getting to my feet , did not look toward him . " I mean you , Mr. Phony Bonforte - Smythe ! " he went on angrily , raising his voice still more . This time I did look at him , with astonishment ...
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