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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... gives it a moral dimension . And the final statement is an epiphany so moving in its simplicity that , having read the book ten or twelve times , and knowing it will be there , it never fails to give me a chill of revelation . I would ...
... gives it a moral dimension . And the final statement is an epiphany so moving in its simplicity that , having read the book ten or twelve times , and knowing it will be there , it never fails to give me a chill of revelation . I would ...
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... give them . ” " Very well . " I added , " If you can find a way to let me have them ten minutes or so ahead of time , there shouldn't be any difficulty . I'm a very quick study . " He inspected me . “ I quite believe it - Chief . All ...
... give them . ” " Very well . " I added , " If you can find a way to let me have them ten minutes or so ahead of time , there shouldn't be any difficulty . I'm a very quick study . " He inspected me . “ I quite believe it - Chief . All ...
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... gives a man the benefit of the doubt . " He remained silent for a moment . " You make the changes you think you have ... give him instructions . But he's an able man . Uh , Chief , how soon can you be ready to record ? We patch in at six ...
... gives a man the benefit of the doubt . " He remained silent for a moment . " You make the changes you think you have ... give him instructions . But he's an able man . Uh , Chief , how soon can you be ready to record ? We patch in at six ...
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