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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I did not dare risk taking the impersonation on a tour of Earth , much less make a
trip to Venus ; the Farleyfile system would break down if I attempted to mix with
crowds , not to mention the unknown hazards of the Actionist goon squads - what
I ...
I did not dare risk taking the impersonation on a tour of Earth , much less make a
trip to Venus ; the Farleyfile system would break down if I attempted to mix with
crowds , not to mention the unknown hazards of the Actionist goon squads - what
I ...
Page 180
... and the districtless constituencies vote before Earth does , and even on Earth
an election " day ” is more than thirty hours long , as the globe turns . But now we
began to get the important districts of the great land masses of Earth . We 180.
... and the districtless constituencies vote before Earth does , and even on Earth
an election " day ” is more than thirty hours long , as the globe turns . But now we
began to get the important districts of the great land masses of Earth . We 180.
Page 181
districts of the great land masses of Earth . We had forged far ahead the day
before in the outer returns and Rog had had to tell me that it meant nothing ; the
Expansionists always carried the outer worlds . What the billions of people still on
...
districts of the great land masses of Earth . We had forged far ahead the day
before in the outer returns and Rog had had to tell me that it meant nothing ; the
Expansionists always carried the outer worlds . What the billions of people still on
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Double Star Doubleday science fiction |
| Author | Robert Anson Heinlein |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1956 |
| ISBN | 0451066065, 9780451066060 |
| Length | 190 pages |
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