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 132
... thought it through , " he answered slowly . " Nor would I have done so , had I not had to decide whether or not to carry the wand . But don't you suppose Mr. B. thought it through - before he ever let himself be invited to be adopted ...
... thought it through , " he answered slowly . " Nor would I have done so , had I not had to decide whether or not to carry the wand . But don't you suppose Mr. B. thought it through - before he ever let himself be invited to be adopted ...
Page 155
... thought the Grand Assembly didn't recognize proxies . " " They don't , for all ordinary procedure . You either pair , or you show up and vote . But this is just the idler wheels going around in parliamentary machinery . If they don't ...
... thought the Grand Assembly didn't recognize proxies . " " They don't , for all ordinary procedure . You either pair , or you show up and vote . But this is just the idler wheels going around in parliamentary machinery . If they don't ...
Page 157
... thought I was breezing through it as easy as a curtain speech - when I found that I was crying so hard that I could hardly see . When I was done , Willem said quietly to me , “ A good performance , Joseph . " I don't know whether he thought ...
... thought I was breezing through it as easy as a curtain speech - when I found that I was crying so hard that I could hardly see . When I was done , Willem said quietly to me , “ A good performance , Joseph . " I don't know whether he thought ...
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