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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... present argued that he should be allowed to go back and start over . But Kkkahgral would have none of it . He insisted on his right to prosecute the case himself , won it , and was executed . Which makes him the very embodiment , the ...
... present argued that he should be allowed to go back and start over . But Kkkahgral would have none of it . He insisted on his right to prosecute the case himself , won it , and was executed . Which makes him the very embodiment , the ...
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... present government ? " I held up my hand with the wand in it and grinned . “ One at a time , please ! Now what was that first question ? " They all answered at once , of course ; by the time they had sorted out precedence I had managed ...
... present government ? " I held up my hand with the wand in it and grinned . “ One at a time , please ! Now what was that first question ? " They all answered at once , of course ; by the time they had sorted out precedence I had managed ...
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... present Humanity Party . I was not aware that political parties often change as much in growing up as people do . I had known vaguely that the Humanity Party had started as a splinter of the Expan- sionist movement but I had never ...
... present Humanity Party . I was not aware that political parties often change as much in growing up as people do . I had known vaguely that the Humanity Party had started as a splinter of the Expan- sionist movement but I had never ...
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