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 155
... rule were refused ? I thought the Grand Assembly didn't recognize proxies . " " They don't , for all ordinary ... slide you through the security tunnel and avoid them entirely . " He smiled grimly . " Of course 155.
... rule were refused ? I thought the Grand Assembly didn't recognize proxies . " " They don't , for all ordinary ... slide you through the security tunnel and avoid them entirely . " He smiled grimly . " Of course 155.
Page 177
... slide rule at Rog's side ; Rog had a big sheet of paper laid out in some complicated weight- ing formula of his own . A dozen or more of the giant metal brains through the Solar System were doing the same thing that night , but Rog ...
... slide rule at Rog's side ; Rog had a big sheet of paper laid out in some complicated weight- ing formula of his own . A dozen or more of the giant metal brains through the Solar System were doing the same thing that night , but Rog ...
Page 179
... his work sheets without speaking . I noticed that Bonforte was awake again . The critical returns were coming in now and everybody kept quiet , letting Rog with his pencil and Dak with his slide rule have peace to work . At long , long 179.
... his work sheets without speaking . I noticed that Bonforte was awake again . The critical returns were coming in now and everybody kept quiet , letting Rog with his pencil and Dak with his slide rule have peace to work . At long , long 179.
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