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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 44
Page 66
... Martian language gave me my greatest worry . Like most actors , I had picked up enough Martian , Venerian , Outer Jovian , etc. , to be able to fake in front of a camera or on stage . But those rolled or fluttered consonants are very ...
... Martian language gave me my greatest worry . Like most actors , I had picked up enough Martian , Venerian , Outer Jovian , etc. , to be able to fake in front of a camera or on stage . But those rolled or fluttered consonants are very ...
Page 67
... Martian is analogous to human speech forms . Basic Martian , the trade language , is positional and involves only simple concrete ideas - like the greeting : " I see you . " High Martian is polysynthetic and very stylized , with an ...
... Martian is analogous to human speech forms . Basic Martian , the trade language , is positional and involves only simple concrete ideas - like the greeting : " I see you . " High Martian is polysynthetic and very stylized , with an ...
Page 74
... Martian notions about ' propriety . " " ( He used the Martian word . ) " Death is the one acceptable excuse for not carrying out an obligation . If he were simply killed , they would adopt him into the nest after his death - and then ...
... Martian notions about ' propriety . " " ( He used the Martian word . ) " Death is the one acceptable excuse for not carrying out an obligation . If he were simply killed , they would adopt him into the nest after his death - and then ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
actor answered asked Batavia believe Benny Grey better Bill Bonforte's Boothroyd Braun campaign Capek Captain Broadbent Chief Clifton Corpsman course Curly Top Dak Broadbent damned door DOUBLE STAR Dubois Earth Eisenhower election Emperor Expansionist Party face Farleyfile felt free fall Ganymede glanced Go For Broke Goddard City gravities grinned hand head House of Orange Humanity Party Imperial impersonation Jock John Joseph Bonforte keep kill Kkkah knew laugh looked Lorenzo Mars Martian matter mind minutes moved nest never Okay once Penny picked play political Quiroga realized remember role Rrringriil ship shook simply slide rule smiled sorry speech started stereo stopped suppose Supreme Minister sure talk tell thing thought tion told Tom Paine took torchship trip Trowbridge turned Venerian voice vote walk wand Willem word worry