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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... added , " If you can find a way to let me have them ten minutes or so ahead of time , there shouldn't be any difficulty . I'm a very quick study . " He inspected me . “ I quite believe it - Chief . All right , I'll have Penny slip the ...
... added , " If you can find a way to let me have them ten minutes or so ahead of time , there shouldn't be any difficulty . I'm a very quick study . " He inspected me . “ I quite believe it - Chief . All right , I'll have Penny slip the ...
Page 124
... adding two moles , and setting the whole job with electric brush . It was going to mean a skin peel before I could get ... added the scar on the " game " leg , using a photograph Capek had kept in Bonforte's health history . If Bonforte ...
... adding two moles , and setting the whole job with electric brush . It was going to mean a skin peel before I could get ... added the scar on the " game " leg , using a photograph Capek had kept in Bonforte's health history . If Bonforte ...
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... added meditatively , " I never wear anything but underwear under those silly robes . " I said , " I doubt if they ... adding water to my own . I had had a sudden chill ; if Bonforte knew that the Emperor always took scotch over bare ...
... added meditatively , " I never wear anything but underwear under those silly robes . " I said , " I doubt if they ... adding water to my own . I had had a sudden chill ; if Bonforte knew that the Emperor always took scotch over bare ...
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