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 49
... that temptation on those earlier occasions . They had been artists , that was certain - though their very anonymity was the only tribute to the success of their char- acterizations . I tried to remember just when the earlier 49 III.
... that temptation on those earlier occasions . They had been artists , that was certain - though their very anonymity was the only tribute to the success of their char- acterizations . I tried to remember just when the earlier 49 III.
Page 179
... tried to pick out the little dot I had left only weeks earlier , and tried to get my emotions straight . After a while I came back in ; night on Luna is rather overpowering . Rog returned a little later and sat back down at his work ...
... tried to pick out the little dot I had left only weeks earlier , and tried to get my emotions straight . After a while I came back in ; night on Luna is rather overpowering . Rog returned a little later and sat back down at his work ...
Page 182
... tried to change my voice , tried to gain control of the situation . " Rog , you're upset . When you've calmed down you will see how ridiculous this is . You're right ; the show goes on . But not that way . The proper thing to do - the ...
... tried to change my voice , tried to gain control of the situation . " Rog , you're upset . When you've calmed down you will see how ridiculous this is . You're right ; the show goes on . But not that way . The proper thing to do - the ...
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