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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... live ones are scoundrels who haven't yet been caught . Age has softened this attitude somewhat , but the roots of it remain . I see politics as a sort of poorly - trained Introduction vii monster , serving humanity with balky inefficiency ,
... live ones are scoundrels who haven't yet been caught . Age has softened this attitude somewhat , but the roots of it remain . I see politics as a sort of poorly - trained Introduction vii monster , serving humanity with balky inefficiency ,
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... live by ? My profession , surely ! I had been brought up in it , I liked it , I had a deep though unlogical conviction that art was worth the effort - and , besides , it was the only way I knew to make a living . But what else ? I have ...
... live by ? My profession , surely ! I had been brought up in it , I liked it , I had a deep though unlogical conviction that art was worth the effort - and , besides , it was the only way I knew to make a living . But what else ? I have ...
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... of everything they win . " He went inside . I felt torn apart in my mind - then I gave way to sheer self- pity . It wasn't fair ! I had my own life to live . I was at the top of my powers , with my greatest professional triumphs still 183.
... of everything they win . " He went inside . I felt torn apart in my mind - then I gave way to sheer self- pity . It wasn't fair ! I had my own life to live . I was at the top of my powers , with my greatest professional triumphs still 183.
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