Double StarWhen the most important statesman of the 21st century disappears on Mars, the only hope of preventing interplanetary war lies in an actor's ability to impersonate the missing leader well enough to fool two worlds. |
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I took the low road , growing up convinced that if there ever were any good
politicians , they are safely dead and in the history books ; the live ones are
scoundrels who haven ' t yet been caught . Age has softened this attitude
somewhat , but ...
I took the low road , growing up convinced that if there ever were any good
politicians , they are safely dead and in the history books ; the live ones are
scoundrels who haven ' t yet been caught . Age has softened this attitude
somewhat , but ...
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... halfhearted interest in continuing to live . Dak was busy most of the time at the
ship ' s communicator , apparently talking on a very tight beam for his hands
constantly nursed the directional control like a gunner laying a gun under
difficulties .
... halfhearted interest in continuing to live . Dak was busy most of the time at the
ship ' s communicator , apparently talking on a very tight beam for his hands
constantly nursed the directional control like a gunner laying a gun under
difficulties .
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And they had put it up to me to re - create him , make him live again . Was I up to
it ? Could I possibly measure up to his noble standards ? What would he want me
to do ? If he were in my place - what would Bonforte do ? Again and again in ...
And they had put it up to me to re - create him , make him live again . Was I up to
it ? Could I possibly measure up to his noble standards ? What would he want me
to do ? If he were in my place - what would Bonforte do ? Again and again in ...
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User Review - baswood - LibraryThingThis 1956 Hugo award winning novel is included in the science fiction masterwork series and either has not aged well or was a lack lustre rip-off from the start. It takes as a basis for its story the ... Read full review
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User Review - Stevil2001 - LibraryThingI was surprised how much I liked this book. It's a relatively simple and predictable plot: Lorenzo Smythe is an actor hired to impersonate a politician at a key political moment. Only thing is, the ... Read full review
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