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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... carry them rather than Dak . " " Dak doesn't carry them . We all carry our own . " She reached into her bag , pulled out a little book . “ I had mine— but I did not dare admit it . " " Eh ? " " He had his on him when they got him . We ...
... carry them rather than Dak . " " Dak doesn't carry them . We all carry our own . " She reached into her bag , pulled out a little book . “ I had mine— but I did not dare admit it . " " Eh ? " " He had his on him when they got him . We ...
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... carry that wand , I commit a great impropriety - and frankly I do not know what would happen when the word got back ; I don't know enough about Martian customs . Now turn it around and look at it the other way . When I walk down that ...
... carry that wand , I commit a great impropriety - and frankly I do not know what would happen when the word got back ; I don't know enough about Martian customs . Now turn it around and look at it the other way . When I walk down that ...
Page 152
... carry it off today . Right ? " Clifton got an odd , half - sheepish look on his face . " I'm afraid they are fairly sure you were a double , Chief . ” " Eh ? " " We shaded the truth a little to keep you from being nerv- ous . Doc Capek ...
... carry it off today . Right ? " Clifton got an odd , half - sheepish look on his face . " I'm afraid they are fairly sure you were a double , Chief . ” " Eh ? " " We shaded the truth a little to keep you from being nerv- ous . Doc Capek ...
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