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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Page 54
... 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 did not like it . Thus far ...
... 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 did not like it . Thus far ...
Page 114
... head . " Not necessarily . Not even probably . But it would indeed mean that the same forces who control the Actionists also control the machinery of the Humanity Party . But you will never pin anything on them ; they are unreachable ...
... head . " Not necessarily . Not even probably . But it would indeed mean that the same forces who control the Actionists also control the machinery of the Humanity Party . But you will never pin anything on them ; they are unreachable ...
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... head sadly . " I would if I could . I admit it . But I can't . Chief , you remember those confounded executive committee meetings ? You kept them in line . The whole coalition has been kept glued together by the personal force and ...
... head sadly . " I would if I could . I admit it . But I can't . Chief , you remember those confounded executive committee meetings ? You kept them in line . The whole coalition has been kept glued together by the personal force and ...
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