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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... felt myself grow very heavy . Two gravities is not bad , not when you are floating in a liquid bed . The skin over the top of the cider press pushed up around me , supporting me inch by inch ; I simply felt heavy and found it hard to ...
... felt myself grow very heavy . Two gravities is not bad , not when you are floating in a liquid bed . The skin over the top of the cider press pushed up around me , supporting me inch by inch ; I simply felt heavy and found it hard to ...
Page 71
... felt at such uncalled - for impertinence , and , of course , it showed in my face . Dak touched Corpsman's sleeve and said quickly , “ Knock it off , Bill . You remember what we agreed ? " " Chicken tracks ! " Corpsman answered . " This ...
... felt at such uncalled - for impertinence , and , of course , it showed in my face . Dak touched Corpsman's sleeve and said quickly , “ Knock it off , Bill . You remember what we agreed ? " " Chicken tracks ! " Corpsman answered . " This ...
Page 153
... felt like shouting at them , and only the imposed calm personality of Bonforte kept me from it . I had had a hard day and , despite a brilliant performance , the inevitable disaster had overtaken me . I wanted to tell Rog that if Willem ...
... felt like shouting at them , and only the imposed calm personality of Bonforte kept me from it . I had had a hard day and , despite a brilliant performance , the inevitable disaster had overtaken me . I wanted to tell Rog that if Willem ...
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