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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... expect a cordon bleu to compound a new sauce on the back of a gallop- ing horse ? " " Horses be damned ! " He glanced at his watch finger . “ You have six more minutes . If you can't do anything in that length of time , we'll just have ...
... expect a cordon bleu to compound a new sauce on the back of a gallop- ing horse ? " " Horses be damned ! " He glanced at his watch finger . “ You have six more minutes . If you can't do anything in that length of time , we'll just have ...
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... expect you to shout it from the housetops . " " On Earth we would . At New Batavia we would . On Venus we would . But here we are dealing with Mars . Do you know the legend of Kkkahgral the Younger ? " " Eh ? I'm afraid I don't ...
... expect you to shout it from the housetops . " " On Earth we would . At New Batavia we would . On Venus we would . But here we are dealing with Mars . Do you know the legend of Kkkahgral the Younger ? " " Eh ? I'm afraid I don't ...
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... expect me to an- swer , nor did we look at each other . The silence went on . At last I said , " Penny ? If I try to do it - will you help ? " She turned suddenly toward me . " Yes . Oh yes , Chief ! I'll help ! " " Then I'll try , " I ...
... expect me to an- swer , nor did we look at each other . The silence went on . At last I said , " Penny ? If I try to do it - will you help ? " She turned suddenly toward me . " Yes . Oh yes , Chief ! I'll help ! " " Then I'll try , " I ...
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