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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Page 46
... simply felt heavy and found it hard to breathe . You hear these stories about pilots torching at ten gravities and ruining themselves and I have no doubt that they are true - but two gravities , taken in the cider press , simply makes ...
... simply felt heavy and found it hard to breathe . You hear these stories about pilots torching at ten gravities and ruining themselves and I have no doubt that they are true - but two gravities , taken in the cider press , simply makes ...
Page 93
... simply run across him in the street before they left Old Town - a poor old stumblebum with a week's beard , dirty and dazed . The men had not recognized him , but Penny had known him and made them stop . She broke into sobs again as she ...
... simply run across him in the street before they left Old Town - a poor old stumblebum with a week's beard , dirty and dazed . The men had not recognized him , but Penny had known him and made them stop . She broke into sobs again as she ...
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... simply went straight to the owner's cabin and spent long , miserable hours in free fall , biting my nails and wondering what was happening down on the surface . With the aid of anti - nausea pills I finally managed to float off into ...
... simply went straight to the owner's cabin and spent long , miserable hours in free fall , biting my nails and wondering what was happening down on the surface . With the aid of anti - nausea pills I finally managed to float off into ...
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