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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... stereo image built up in front of my eyes . I recognized the central figure - just as any of the billions of citizens of the Empire would have recognized him --and I realized at last how thoroughly and mercilessly Dak Broadbent had ...
... stereo image built up in front of my eyes . I recognized the central figure - just as any of the billions of citizens of the Empire would have recognized him --and I realized at last how thoroughly and mercilessly Dak Broadbent had ...
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... stereo on , matching my voice- his voice , I mean - to the moving image . She watched me , looking from the image back to my face with a dazed look on her own . We finished and I switched it off myself . " How was that ? " " That was ...
... stereo on , matching my voice- his voice , I mean - to the moving image . She watched me , looking from the image back to my face with a dazed look on her own . We finished and I switched it off myself . " How was that ? " " That was ...
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... stereo . There were photographers around , still , news pickup , stereo , and so forth , as well as many reporters . Bill was keeping the reporters away from us ; as we turned to go he waved and said , “ See you later , Chief , " and ...
... stereo . There were photographers around , still , news pickup , stereo , and so forth , as well as many reporters . Bill was keeping the reporters away from us ; as we turned to go he waved and said , “ See you later , Chief , " and ...
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