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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... Suppose they were not miraculous ? Suppose they had all been successful — but dear old Uncle Joe Bonforte had always been somewhere else at the time ? You could use up a lot of actors that way . ! I had never meddled in politics . My ...
... Suppose they were not miraculous ? Suppose they had all been successful — but dear old Uncle Joe Bonforte had always been somewhere else at the time ? You could use up a lot of actors that way . ! I had never meddled in politics . My ...
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... suppose Mr. B. thought it through - before he ever let himself be invited to be adopted ? Rog , we've got a tiger by the tail ; the only thing to do is to swarm aboard and ride it . We can't let go . ' Dak arrived at that point ...
... suppose Mr. B. thought it through - before he ever let himself be invited to be adopted ? Rog , we've got a tiger by the tail ; the only thing to do is to swarm aboard and ride it . We can't let go . ' Dak arrived at that point ...
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... suppose so . Well , tell Roger Clifton-- No , don't tell Clifton anything . Lorenzo , I see nothing to be gained by ever telling anyone about our conversation this past hour . If you tell Clifton , even though you tell him that I said ...
... suppose so . Well , tell Roger Clifton-- No , don't tell Clifton anything . Lorenzo , I see nothing to be gained by ever telling anyone about our conversation this past hour . If you tell Clifton , even though you tell him that I said ...
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