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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... nest swarms over them and tears the city down around their ears . " " Oh . I'm still learning about Martian psychology and customs . " " Aren't we all ! " " Rog ? Mmm ... What leads you to think that he is still alive ? Wouldn't their ...
... nest swarms over them and tears the city down around their ears . " " Oh . I'm still learning about Martian psychology and customs . " " Aren't we all ! " " Rog ? Mmm ... What leads you to think that he is still alive ? Wouldn't their ...
Page 74
... nest and probably every nest on Mars would set out to avenge him . They would not mind in the least if the whole human race were to die or be killed - but to kill this one human being to keep him from being adopted , that's another ...
... nest and probably every nest on Mars would set out to avenge him . They would not mind in the least if the whole human race were to die or be killed - but to kill this one human being to keep him from being adopted , that's another ...
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... nest . If I fail to carry that wand , I commit a great impropriety - and frankly I do not know what would happen when the word got back ; I don't know enough about Martian customs . Now turn it around and look at it the other way . When ...
... nest . If I fail to carry that wand , I commit a great impropriety - and frankly I do not know what would happen when the word got back ; I don't know enough about Martian customs . Now turn it around and look at it the other way . When ...
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