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
... kill the Chief - or to kill you when you are doubling for the Chief . They are playing rough - as you know ! —and they would kill me , or even Penny , for the slight- est advantage . They would kill you right now , if they could get at ...
... kill the Chief - or to kill you when you are doubling for the Chief . They are playing rough - as you know ! —and they would kill me , or even Penny , for the slight- est advantage . They would kill you right now , if they could get at ...
Page 74
... killed - but to kill this one human being to keep him from being adopted , that's another kettle of fish entirely . Matter of obligation and propriety - in some ways a Martian's response to a situation is so automatic as to remind one ...
... killed - but to kill this one human being to keep him from being adopted , that's another kettle of fish entirely . Matter of obligation and propriety - in some ways a Martian's response to a situation is so automatic as to remind one ...
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... kill them in their prime . But me , I don't have to run things ; I have a professional like yourself to do it for me . And you don't have the killing pressure either ; you , or those in your shoes , can always quit if things get too ...
... kill them in their prime . But me , I don't have to run things ; I have a professional like yourself to do it for me . And you don't have the killing pressure either ; you , or those in your shoes , can always quit if things get too ...
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