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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... 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 difficult . Human vocal cords are not as versatile as a Martian's tympanus , I believe , and , in ...
... 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 difficult . Human vocal cords are not as versatile as a Martian's tympanus , I believe , and , in ...
Page 67
... Venerian . Luckily 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 ...
... Venerian . Luckily 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 ...
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