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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... minutes ; the three men who were to go back in the Can Do were crowding into the transfer lock even as Dak and I ... minutes ! Red warning ! Two gravities ! Three minutes ! " Then the hooting started again . Through the racket I heard ...
... minutes ; the three men who were to go back in the Can Do were crowding into the transfer lock even as Dak and I ... minutes ! Red warning ! Two gravities ! Three minutes ! " Then the hooting started again . Through the racket I heard ...
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... minutes . " Dak said quickly , " You all will have to settle it . I've got to put this sled in its slot - I've got nobody up there but young Epstein . " He dashed for the door . Corpsman called out , " Hey , Skip ! I wanted to tell you ...
... minutes . " Dak said quickly , " You all will have to settle it . I've got to put this sled in its slot - I've got nobody up there but young Epstein . " He dashed for the door . Corpsman called out , " Hey , Skip ! I wanted to tell you ...
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... minutes to spare , " he said happily . " This is a nice car . I wish I owned it . Rog , ease up a touch and give me room . " " " Clifton did so , Dak chopped the driver expertly on the side of his neck with the edge of his hand ; the ...
... minutes to spare , " he said happily . " This is a nice car . I wish I owned it . Rog , ease up a touch and give me room . " " " Clifton did so , Dak chopped the driver expertly on the side of his neck with the edge of his hand ; the ...
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