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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... face from being recognized . The simplest is misdirection . Place a man in uniform and his face is not likely to be noticed - do you recall the face of the last policeman you encountered ? Could you identify him if you saw him next in ...
... face from being recognized . The simplest is misdirection . Place a man in uniform and his face is not likely to be noticed - do you recall the face of the last policeman you encountered ? Could you identify him if you saw him next in ...
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... face . " Well ? " I shook my head . " I don't follow you . " " No , but you will . It is a complicated matter , involving Martian ways of looking at things . Take it for granted ; you'll know all about it before we get there . " I still ...
... face . " Well ? " I shook my head . " I don't follow you . " " No , but you will . It is a complicated matter , involving Martian ways of looking at things . Take it for granted ; you'll know all about it before we get there . " I still ...
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... face buried in her hands and her shoulders shaking with sobs . I made a tremendous effort and lifted myself out of the character - pulled in my belly , let my own face come up , answered in my own voice . " Miss Russell ! " She stopped ...
... face buried in her hands and her shoulders shaking with sobs . I made a tremendous effort and lifted myself out of the character - pulled in my belly , let my own face come up , answered in my own voice . " Miss Russell ! " She stopped ...
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