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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... Double Star would remain . Fair warning : if you've never before read Double Star , please stop reading this introduction and proceed to the main text . The story contains at least two lovely surprises - the best kind ; the kind that is ...
... Double Star would remain . Fair warning : if you've never before read Double Star , please stop reading this introduction and proceed to the main text . The story contains at least two lovely surprises - the best kind ; the kind that is ...
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... Double Star is a novel of political action . It's obvious from the density of realistic detail in the book that Heinlein knows a great deal about practical politics ; his biography says that he once ran for office . My own attitude ...
... Double Star is a novel of political action . It's obvious from the density of realistic detail in the book that Heinlein knows a great deal about practical politics ; his biography says that he once ran for office . My own attitude ...
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... double was used today , but they don't know , they can't be sure - because it is always possible that Bonforte recovered quickly enough to carry it off today . Right ? " Clifton got an odd , half - sheepish look on his face . " I'm ...
... double was used today , but they don't know , they can't be sure - because it is always possible that Bonforte recovered quickly enough to carry it off today . Right ? " Clifton got an odd , half - sheepish look on his face . " I'm ...
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