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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... t much time . ” He could have been speaking of a spilled drink . I tried to make clear in one jumbled sentence that ... Don't jitter , Lorenzo . We're on minus minutes now . Help me get the bodies ... t afford a news story about a Martian 27.
... t much time . ” He could have been speaking of a spilled drink . I tried to make clear in one jumbled sentence that ... Don't jitter , Lorenzo . We're on minus minutes now . Help me get the bodies ... t afford a news story about a Martian 27.
Page 92
... t supposed to know how to drive . " " Huh ? Don't be silly . I do know how and it no longer matters that-- " I broke off , suddenly realizing that it might still matter . If they had roughed up Bonforte so that it showed , then he could ...
... t supposed to know how to drive . " " Huh ? Don't be silly . I do know how and it no longer matters that-- " I broke off , suddenly realizing that it might still matter . If they had roughed up Bonforte so that it showed , then he could ...
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... don't mind . I suppose you can always find a way to send me home if the Tommie doesn't back to Earth soon . " go " What ? Good heavens , don't worry about that now . When the time comes , Captain Broadbent can find any number of ways to ...
... don't mind . I suppose you can always find a way to send me home if the Tommie doesn't back to Earth soon . " go " What ? Good heavens , don't worry about that now . When the time comes , Captain Broadbent can find any number of ways to ...
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