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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Page 78
... asked for his license - which is home in his other pants . I had studied hard but I had not expected to have to forge Bonforte's signature . Damn it , you can't do everything in two and a half days ! But it was simply impossible for ...
... asked for his license - which is home in his other pants . I had studied hard but I had not expected to have to forge Bonforte's signature . Damn it , you can't do everything in two and a half days ! But it was simply impossible for ...
Page 164
... asking me for a decision as if I were Mr. Bonforte . I'm not . " I tapped the desk in his nervous gesture . " Either this decision is at his level , and you should ask him— or it's not , and you should never have asked me . " Rog chewed ...
... asking me for a decision as if I were Mr. Bonforte . I'm not . " I tapped the desk in his nervous gesture . " Either this decision is at his level , and you should ask him— or it's not , and you should never have asked me . " Rog chewed ...
Page 176
... asked me about myself and told me that he did not recall ever seeing me play , but that he had seen my father's Cyrano . He was making a great effort to control the errant muscles of his mouth and his speech was clear but labored . Then ...
... asked me about myself and told me that he did not recall ever seeing me play , but that he had seen my father's Cyrano . He was making a great effort to control the errant muscles of his mouth and his speech was clear but labored . Then ...
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