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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... gravities ! Three minutes ! Red warning ! Two gravities ! Three minutes ! " Then the hooting started again . Through the racket I heard Dak ask urgently , " Is the projector all set ? The tapes ready ? " " Sure , sure ! " " Got the hypo 44.
... gravities ! Three minutes ! Red warning ! Two gravities ! Three minutes ! " Then the hooting started again . Through the racket I heard Dak ask urgently , " Is the projector all set ? The tapes ready ? " " Sure , sure ! " " Got the hypo 44.
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... gravities ! Two minutes ! " I tried to look around but the drug made me even more confused . My eyeballs did feel hot and my teeth as well and I began to feel an almost intolerable itching along my spine- but the safety straps kept me ...
... gravities ! Two minutes ! " I tried to look around but the drug made me even more confused . My eyeballs did feel hot and my teeth as well and I began to feel an almost intolerable itching along my spine- but the safety straps kept me ...
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... gravities and ruining themselves and I have no doubt that they are true - but two gravities , taken in the cider press , simply makes one feel languid , unable to move . It was some time before I realized that the horn in the ceiling ...
... gravities and ruining themselves and I have no doubt that they are true - but two gravities , taken in the cider press , simply makes one feel languid , unable to move . It was some time before I realized that the horn in the ceiling ...
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