Double StarOne minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was -- as usual -- in a bar, drinking away his troubles as he watched his career go down the tubes. Then a space pilot bought him a drink, and the next thing Smythe knew, he was shanghaied to Mars. |
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Page 114
... Batavia . ' " " Eh ? New Batavia ? Well ! " I was thinking that I had never seen the Imperial capital . The one time I had been on the Moon the vicissitudes of my profession had left me without time or money for the side trip . " Then 114.
... Batavia . ' " " Eh ? New Batavia ? Well ! " I was thinking that I had never seen the Imperial capital . The one time I had been on the Moon the vicissitudes of my profession had left me without time or money for the side trip . " Then 114.
Page 121
... Batavia . I already had the basic character ; now it was necessary to fill in the background , prepare myself to be Bonforte under almost any circumstances . While it was the royal audience I was aiming at , once we were at New Batavia ...
... Batavia . I already had the basic character ; now it was necessary to fill in the background , prepare myself to be Bonforte under almost any circumstances . While it was the royal audience I was aiming at , once we were at New Batavia ...
Page 133
... Batavia - those tubes are so fast that , under the low gravity of the Moon , you are again in free fall at the middle of the trip . We went first to the apartments assigned to the leader of the loyal opposition , Bonforte's official ...
... Batavia - those tubes are so fast that , under the low gravity of the Moon , you are again in free fall at the middle of the trip . We went first to the apartments assigned to the leader of the loyal opposition , Bonforte's official ...
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