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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... election . The actor agrees to keep up the charade . The politician dies on election night , having won , but the actor has by this time been ennobled by a kind of psychic osmosis with his role , and agrees to quietly submerge his own ...
... election . The actor agrees to keep up the charade . The politician dies on election night , having won , but the actor has by this time been ennobled by a kind of psychic osmosis with his role , and agrees to quietly submerge his own ...
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... election unless forced to . You fol- low me ? " I realized that the event did seem odd , little attention as I paid to politics . " I believe so . " " But in this case Quiroga's government scheduled a gen- eral election , then resigned ...
... election unless forced to . You fol- low me ? " I realized that the event did seem odd , little attention as I paid to politics . " I believe so . " " But in this case Quiroga's government scheduled a gen- eral election , then resigned ...
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... election you should be able to get the Grand As- sembly to grant me permission to proclaim it . Well ? ” I thought about it . “ Willem , ” I said slowly , “ you know that is exactly what we have planned to do . You must have some reason ...
... election you should be able to get the Grand As- sembly to grant me permission to proclaim it . Well ? ” I thought about it . “ Willem , ” I said slowly , “ you know that is exactly what we have planned to do . You must have some reason ...
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