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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... 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 . Human vocal cords are not as versatile as a Martian's tympanus , I believe , and , in ...
... 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 . Human vocal cords are not as versatile as a Martian's tympanus , I believe , and , in ...
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... Venerian . Luckily Martian is analogous to human speech forms . Basic Martian , the trade language , is positional and involves only simple concrete ideas - like the greeting : " I see you . " High Martian is poly- synthetic and very ...
... Venerian . Luckily Martian is analogous to human speech forms . Basic Martian , the trade language , is positional and involves only simple concrete ideas - like the greeting : " I see you . " High Martian is poly- synthetic and very ...
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