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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... mind . I suppose you can always find a way to send me home if the Tommie doesn't back to Earth soon . " go " What ? Good heavens , don't worry about that now . When the time comes , Captain Broadbent can find any number of ways to ...
... mind . I suppose you can always find a way to send me home if the Tommie doesn't back to Earth soon . " go " What ? Good heavens , don't worry about that now . When the time comes , Captain Broadbent can find any number of ways to ...
Page 118
... mind if I slapped the blighter in the brig ? " " Eh ? Do you have a brig in the ship ? " " No. But it would not be hard to jury - rig one . " I looked at him sharply , trying to figure what went on inside that bony head . " Would you ...
... mind if I slapped the blighter in the brig ? " " Eh ? Do you have a brig in the ship ? " " No. But it would not be hard to jury - rig one . " I looked at him sharply , trying to figure what went on inside that bony head . " Would you ...
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... mind ? " " His mind seems clear enough , but he is terribly tired . That week as a prisoner was more of an ordeal than we realized . The stroke left him in a coma for twenty - four hours . He's out of it now , but the left side of his ...
... mind ? " " His mind seems clear enough , but he is terribly tired . That week as a prisoner was more of an ordeal than we realized . The stroke left him in a coma for twenty - four hours . He's out of it now , but the left side of his ...
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