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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... stand their smell ! Nobody could accuse me of race prejudice . I didn't care what a man's color , race , or religion ... standing on their pedestals around a table , pretending to be people . I had not even heard the air conditioning ...
... stand their smell ! Nobody could accuse me of race prejudice . I didn't care what a man's color , race , or religion ... standing on their pedestals around a table , pretending to be people . I had not even heard the air conditioning ...
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... standing braced in the doorway . I looked at him and said wonderingly , " How do you man- age to stand up ? " Part of my mind , the professional part that works independently , was noting how he stood and filing it in a new drawer ...
... standing braced in the doorway . I looked at him and said wonderingly , " How do you man- age to stand up ? " Part of my mind , the professional part that works independently , was noting how he stood and filing it in a new drawer ...
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... stand a chance of getting away with it . " He looked me up and down , then said , " Turn around , Smythe . Move around . I want to see you walk . ” I found that I was actually feeling the annoyance that Bonforte would have felt at such ...
... stand a chance of getting away with it . " He looked me up and down , then said , " Turn around , Smythe . Move around . I want to see you walk . ” I found that I was actually feeling the annoyance that Bonforte would have felt at such ...
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