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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... Perhaps I have not fully succeeded - but I think my father would rate it as a " good performance . " Most of the other characters in the book are or have become sturdy workhorses in science fiction's stable . Dak Broadbent : hero ...
... Perhaps I have not fully succeeded - but I think my father would rate it as a " good performance . " Most of the other characters in the book are or have become sturdy workhorses in science fiction's stable . Dak Broadbent : hero ...
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Robert Anson Heinlein. barbaric Martian ceremony . But I had forgotten to ask- perhaps I was subconsciously afraid of being answered . But shortly I was again studying ... perhaps , but it takes some of the strain off my heart . By the 57.
Robert Anson Heinlein. barbaric Martian ceremony . But I had forgotten to ask- perhaps I was subconsciously afraid of being answered . But shortly I was again studying ... perhaps , but it takes some of the strain off my heart . By the 57.
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... Perhaps you had better see him , talk with him . ” " Mmm - no . " The reasons for not seeing him still applied ; if I did have to make another appearance I did not want my subconscious playing me tricks . The role called for a well man ...
... Perhaps you had better see him , talk with him . ” " Mmm - no . " The reasons for not seeing him still applied ; if I did have to make another appearance I did not want my subconscious playing me tricks . The role called for a well man ...
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