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 73
... mean that he is missing . Once we have this adoption thing wrapped up , we can put you out of sight , then announce the kidnaping as if it had just taken place - and make them take the city apart rivet by rivet . The city authorities ...
... mean that he is missing . Once we have this adoption thing wrapped up , we can put you out of sight , then announce the kidnaping as if it had just taken place - and make them take the city apart rivet by rivet . The city authorities ...
Page 114
... 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 , ultrarespectable . Nevertheless , they could send word to Quiroga ...
... 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 , ultrarespectable . Nevertheless , they could send word to Quiroga ...
Page 164
... mean ? " " I mean ' No ! ' You did ask me ; therefore there is doubt in your mind . So if you expect me to present that name to the committee - as if I were Bonforte - then go in and ask him . ” They both sat and said nothing . Finally ...
... mean ? " " I mean ' No ! ' You did ask me ; therefore there is doubt in your mind . So if you expect me to present that name to the committee - as if I were Bonforte - then go in and ask him . ” They both sat and said nothing . Finally ...
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